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Sony RX100.5A Setting up the controls 18 June 2019
I keep coming back to the RX100 series Sonys despite their compromised ergonomics and user interface for five reasons: Zoom lens of very goof to excellent optical quality (better than LX100), more...
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Setting up the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000.2 Part 1 The Controls 21 June 2019
This is not Photoshopped apart from cropping and some adjustment to local brightness levels. The gull actually has no feet. It is 3 wing beats from having made a water take-off. The FZ1000.2 can...
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Setting up the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000.2 Part 2 The Menus 21 June 2019
Panasonic cameras including the FZ1000.2 have very good auto pano capability.My apologies for the boring nature of this post. But menus are like that. Also apologies for the cryptic nature of some of...
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Sony RX100.5A Ergonomic Score 1 July 2019
RX100.5AThis ergonomic evaluation and score follows my usualschedule which you can read about here.The RX100.5A has the same body and controls as the Mk4. No surprise therefore that its ergonomic...
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Panasonic Lumix G95 Ergonomic evaluation and score 2 July 2019
The G95 is the current iteration of a line which began with the first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, the G1 of 2008. Along the way the naming system changed from Gx to Gxx but the basic...
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Collected camera ergonomic scores updated 2 July 2019
CameraSetup PhaseMax 15Prepare Phase Max 15 Capture PhaseReview Phase Max 5Total Max 100Holding Max 20Viewing Max 20Operating Max 25Sony A3500551278239Nikon 1 V27612108346Panasonic...
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Bridge camera comparison Lumix FZ1000.2 vs Sony RX10.4 3 July 2019
FZ1000.2 Either camera can do BIF quite well.A good bridge camera is a wonderful thing providing a range of focal lengths from wide to very long, good performance and image quality and all this...
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Panasonic Lumix FZ1000.2 Ergonomic evaluation and score 4 July 2019
FZ1000.2The main difference between the original FZ1000 and the Mk2 version is the user interface including the external layout and controls. The original was decently well designed but the user...
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Sony a6500 Ergonomic evaluation and score 4 July 2019
In my post of 12 June I wrote about the a6500…….“The a6500 ……feels like a half finished project, flashy/brilliant in some abilities but borderline unusable in others with an interface which needs a...
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Elements of camera design 7 July 2019 The good, the bad and the just plain silly
Chief camera designer on the lookout for new ergonomic mistakesMany camera historians identify the UR-Leica of 1914 as the fore-runner of the modern hand held camera. With over a hundred years...
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Panasonic G95 A weekend in the snow 19 August 2019
I recently spent a weekend at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Quite by chance this coincided with the heaviest snowfall seen in this part of the world in the last ten years. Snow...
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Canon Powershot G5X.2 Initial impressions and thoughts 19 August 2019
The G5X.2 can make good auto panoramasI am a long time user of compact cameras. They seem to offer the promise, or at least the potential for big camera picture quality in a small package. Some...
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Panasonic camera lenses, a ten year user review 8 September 2019
Megalong valley G95 with 12-60mm f3.5-5.6I was a dedicated Canon user until I wasn't which was about ten years ago when two things caused me to look elsewhere.The first was chronically unreliable...
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Sony RX10.4 in the Pilbara, Western Australia 10 September 2019
The PinnaclesMy wife and I recently joined a conducted tour of 4800km from Perth to Broome in Western Australia, the highlight being visits to locations in the Pilbara region. Fortunately someone else...
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Canon Powershot G5X Mk2 Ergonomic evaluation and score 16 September 2019
The G5X.2 is very versatile. It can be reconfigured in a few moments from landscape settings to close ups and do a good job with both.Over the last few years Canon has released a succession of boring,...
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Panasonic Lumix G9 Ergonomic evaluation and score 17 September 2019
Cable beach BroomeThe Lumix G9 is Panasonic’s top tier camera for still photos with an emphasis on performance making it suitable for sport/action and similar subjects.One might expect this model to...
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Focus stacking with the Panasonic Lumix G95 18 September 2019
Add captionCurrent model Panasonic M43 and fixed lens cameras have a feature called 4K Photo. This can be used for a range of purposes including pre-burst and focus stacking which is the subject of...
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Canon Powershot G5X.2 User Review 26 September 2019
When I reviewed the Canon Powershot G7X.2 in April this year I wrote:“Between the G5X and the G7X.2 Canon has potentially got the makings of a good compact camera. They just need to gather all the...
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Panasonic Lumix FZ1000.2 at sculptures by the sea 14 November 2019
Each year Sydney hosts a sculpture festival with works displayed on the pedestrian path from Tamarama beach to Bondi Beach. Many of the sculptures are elaborately conceived and constructed to fit a...
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Sony RX10.4 on Lord Howe Island 15 November 2019
Fourteen frames stitched in Photoshop using the new content aware fill for panoramas which worked like a charmLord Howe is a small (about 10x2 kilometres) rocky island in the Tasman sea about 550...
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