Just bought a digital camera!

[|Nuno|]

...And here it is:


http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5286/p10000873ej.th.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000873ej.jpg)



It's a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ5.

Click here (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmcfz5.asp) for the specs, and here (http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_fz5-review/index.shtml) for a review. :D


Only have it for a few hours, and so far I love it. Definitely recommend it if you're in the market for a low end SLR. Now I just need to get myself a larger capacity memory card, a tripod and maybe a polarizer filter and I'm set.


Here are some pics (only have to camera for a few hours now, so the quality isn't perfect, since I haven't messed around with the settings too much):



Testing the flash:

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9292/p10000633ea.th.jpg (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000633ea.jpg)



12x Zoom:

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/1354/p10000851ka.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000851ka.jpg)


30x Zoom:

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2217/p10000839vl.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000839vl.jpg)


48x Zoom:

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9095/p10000845no.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000845no.jpg)




Random shots:


http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/6893/p10000651iv.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000651iv.jpg)http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/820/p10000756gd.th.jpg (http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000756gd.jpg)http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/83/p10000445zk.th.jpg (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000445zk.jpg)http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7743/p10000589jb.th.jpg (http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000589jb.jpg)http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2683/p10000774ez.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000774ez.jpg)

[antonioledesma]

looks way better than mine :mrgreen: (mine was bought to be used as a company's camera, so I didn't had the choice to buy a slr)
congrats Nuno that's a very nice camera

[TT]

Seems kinda good!

Interesting the 48x zoom, but never use it, the quality will suck ;) stay in the optical part and never use the digital zoom :)

[ZfrkS62]

Sweet camera Nuno. Have fun with it. :D

[gucom]

i know very very little about digital camera's, but this one looks good to me :)
also i like the shot along the neck (or whatever you call it in english) of ur bass...very arty :D

[ARMAN]

Nice camera :P Now we wait even more pics in WYST :D

[|Nuno|]

looks way better than mine :mrgreen:(mine was bought to be used as a company's camera, so I didn't had the choice to buy a slr)
congrats Nuno that's a very nice camera


lol, thanks. I actually didn't have enough money for it, but got it trough my cousin's company (where I've been working this month), so I had a €90 discount. :D



Seems kinda good!

Interesting the 48x zoom, but never use it, the quality will suck :wink: stay in the optical part and never use the digital zoom :)

Yeah, I only use the optical zoom (those shots were just to test the digital zoom), but to be honest, I was expecting the quality loss to be worse than it is. :)




Sweet camera Nuno. Have fun with it. :D


Thanks, I sure will. :mrgreen:



know very very little about digital camera's, but this one looks good to me :)
also i like the shot along the neck (or whatever you call it in english) of ur bass...very arty :D

Thanks, and yeah, it's called neck. :) But the photo didn't come up very good, me thinks. I wasn't holding the camera steadly enough, and the lighting didn't help either... :bah:



Nice camera:P Now we wait even more pics in WYST :D


Thanks, but I'm afraid I won't be able to contribute much for the WYST section. Virtualy no nice cars around here... :( Though there's a nice black/tan 355 about 400 meters away from my house. Time for a little walk. :mrgreen:




By the way, here are two more pics I took 15 minutes ago:


http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/1566/p10000908sg.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000908sg.jpg)http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4306/p10000925yk.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10000925yk.jpg)

[MartijnGizmo]

Only have it for a few hours, and so far I love it. Definitely recommend it if you're in the market for a low end SLR. Now I just need to get myself a larger capacity memory card, a tripod and maybe a polarizer filter and I'm set.

One thing: once you start getting serious (and it seem you are :) ), you'll never be "set". You'll keep wanting that better lens, better tripod, etc. :D

[|Nuno|]

Only have it for a few hours, and so far I love it. Definitely recommend it if you're in the market for a low end SLR. Now I just need to get myself a larger capacity memory card, a tripod and maybe a polarizer filter and I'm set.

One thing: once you start getting serious (and it seem you are :) ), you'll never be "set". You'll keep wanting that better lens, better tripod, etc. :D


Hehe, so true. I can't get into photography stores anymore. Always end up wanting to buy something... :oops:


...Which was what I did yesterday. Bought a tripod and 512 MB Memory Card:



http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5207/tripod4pz.th.jpg (http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tripod4pz.jpg)




And after messing around with the settings a little bit more, pics with low ligh come up better now (not as much noise as before):


http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/6311/basssh4xa.th.jpg (http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=basssh4xa.jpg)


Still got a lot to learn though.