Very interesting, be interested to se how the image goes against the Canon S5 and the H9
Thanks
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It sounds like a compromised design to me. Looks great on paper and I expect it to sell well on paper. In reality, an 18x zoom is a great specification but probably far too much for the average user that this is aimed at. As for a high sensitivity mode up to ISO 6400, again this sounds like pure marketing hype. These small sensors have trouble coping with anything approaching ISO 400 and Panasonic have had a poor reputation for noise performance in the past. Then we have the Mega Optical Image Stabiliser and Face Detection - great marketing guys! Especially the Face Detection:
Wow! Can it pose the subject? Can it make them smile? Can it create competition winners?Face Detection AF/AE aims to allow up to 15 human faces to be detected in a frame, to help when capturing portraits.
The bit that rounds it off as mareketing hype is
Isn't this just the same as optical zoom or cropping the image on a computer?The camera uses the central part of the CCD imaging sensor to extend zoom magnification up to 28.7x, at a resolution of 3MP
To me, it is spin, spin, spin. Let's hope the tests prove me wrong.
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Digital zoom, surely?
Isn't this just the same as optical zoom or cropping the image on a computer?
It sounds like it could be useful for people who don't want the bulk/expense of a SLR system. Totally agree with the reservations regarding high ISO performance, my mum's FZ-30 had terrible noise even at ISO 200.
My main bug with these cameras is the EVF, which I find completely unusable - otherwise I'd really consider them as an everyday camera.
Yes Zou - you are quite correct - it's what I meant to say.
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