Lets talk of some serious photography and camera we are looking for .
I feel sometimes a fool of myself sometimes . I keep on researching a lot before i actually buy something . I am not sure this is good or bad ... wasting time in finding the specifications before actually buying .
Lets check another pic clicked by Me :
This is the Advance Studies , Shimla , India . This is a building bulit by the british in the Year 1888 .
If you want to make a good , fast comparison in cameras then i shall recommend a very nice site
http://snapsort.com/
And if you want to really go into the deep and want to get more detailed reviews the a good site is
www.dpreview.com/
In addition you can always go on youtube and search for your favourite camera . Searches like "unboxing XX" "first hands on XX" and others can give you exact idea of how the product looks and performs .
Here ia a potrait of a "SADHU" clicked by me :
So Like everyone else does , i searched here and there ... asked friends ... went to stores ... burnt time on net ..... and finally selected a camera .......................................... Panasonic FZ35 . It cost me around 320 USD that time from amazon. I will explain the camera below ,,,, and inbetween if u also become its fan , like me ... you can click the pic and you will be directed to amazon ... and ofcourse you can order it there :) .
Panasonic FZ35
The Camera is actually a great combination of of Digital Zoom cameras and DSLR Cameras . I wont actually discuss much that it is a 12 Mega Pixel camera or it have got 18X optical zoom , since these things can easily be found anywhere on the net.
Rather i will go for things which are not so obviously available . Like the Battery charger .. which works both at 110 Volts (USA) and 220 Volts (India) .... Also if you can get this camera in USA then it is much cheaper than anywhere else .
The body is made of quite nice plastic , and you feel nice grip when holding the camera. You can even take good quality videos with the camera . It have got internal Stereo microphones to capture the background sound.
The best feature of the camera is it can shoot RAW photos (which provide much greater processing capabilities) , and this feature is only found in DSLR cameras as of now . This feature makes this camera much ahead of other Super Zoom cameras .
I did tried to load a RAW picture clicked by Panasonic FZ35 ... but the Blog restricts from adding RAW photo .... :( .
This is a macro shot of the coins , clicked from Panasonic FZ35 . The camera have got quite got macro capability .
Regarding the RAW photos from the Panasonic FZ35 , i wasnt much satisfied with the Software provided alongwith the Box . You wont find much options in the software to edit your RAW photos . Though basic editing features are quite good .
For better editing features , you can use Adobe CS4 (you may require some plugin which are FZ35 specific) or also Adobe Light room 2.7 (may be now newer versions than 2.7 are available) . I find Adobe Light room as one of the best Software Tool for editing you Photos . The tool is much easy to be used and effects are excellent , much better than any other tool available .
The tool is a bit costly , but good things never come cheap :) ... as the saying goes no honey without money .
one can find it on amazon from below link :
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Moving on ahead , the camera have got excellent zoom 18X ... but that is way to high for a human hand to handle (coz our hands keep on shaking ) ... Though the in bulit Stablization feature is quite good ... but still for high zoom shots ,,,, a Tripod is always a must .
This pic of moon was taken with full zoom of Panasonic FZ35 ... Digital + Optical .. i think 32 (though not sure ... ) without the Tripod , so i think you will feel a Blur effect .
So taking a Tripod is must when buying this sort of cameras . And if you really dont want to spend on buying a Tripod , then here are a tips for taking the photo :
1. Hold your breath when actually taking the photo . This will give you more stability .
2. Take the support of something ... a Table , a tree , wall etc when taking picture . The support of Tree , wall etc will make you highly stable .
3.Always use your both hands to hold the camera when clicking the Photo .
4. What ever precaution you take to be stable , but your clicking the shoot button also produces a bit jerk on the camera . So better use Inbuilt timmer in your camera to take pictures (of course where it is possible) .
In Europe the same camera Panasonic FZ35 have been released as FZ38 , the reason i am not sure . Though there are some differences between the two models :
Product SKU's(stock keeping units):
DMC-FZ38 (VQT2F13 - Europe);
DMC-FZ35 (VQT2F10 - U.S.A.);
DMC-FZ35 (VQT2H01 - Australia/Asia-Pacific)
Video Out Format (Analog),
Select between PAL and NTSC
Available - VQT2F13, VQT2H01
Not available - VQT2F10
Available Recording Time,
VQT2F10, VQT2H01
MPEG - up to 2GB, AVCHD - up to the capacity of the card.
VQT2F13
All formats - 29 minutes 59 seconds.
Nomenclature,
Extended Optical Zoom - VQT2F13, VQT2H01
Extra Optical Zoom -VQT2F10
There may be few more differences , but its not really much of worth , keep looking for more of them :) .
In short we can say FZ35 -> USA and FZ38 -> Europe. And except for software feature , the hardware is identical .
This pic was clicked by me in the Himalayan Region of Northen India . This displays the "Gaddis" or the shepherds or the normads who keep on roaming in the high altitudes along with their goats and sheep.
The altitude of this place is around 3500 Meters .
To be continued ................
I feel sometimes a fool of myself sometimes . I keep on researching a lot before i actually buy something . I am not sure this is good or bad ... wasting time in finding the specifications before actually buying .
Lets check another pic clicked by Me :
This is the Advance Studies , Shimla , India . This is a building bulit by the british in the Year 1888 .
If you want to make a good , fast comparison in cameras then i shall recommend a very nice site
http://snapsort.com/
And if you want to really go into the deep and want to get more detailed reviews the a good site is
www.dpreview.com/
In addition you can always go on youtube and search for your favourite camera . Searches like "unboxing XX" "first hands on XX" and others can give you exact idea of how the product looks and performs .
Here ia a potrait of a "SADHU" clicked by me :
So Like everyone else does , i searched here and there ... asked friends ... went to stores ... burnt time on net ..... and finally selected a camera .......................................... Panasonic FZ35 . It cost me around 320 USD that time from amazon. I will explain the camera below ,,,, and inbetween if u also become its fan , like me ... you can click the pic and you will be directed to amazon ... and ofcourse you can order it there :) .
Panasonic FZ35
The Camera is actually a great combination of of Digital Zoom cameras and DSLR Cameras . I wont actually discuss much that it is a 12 Mega Pixel camera or it have got 18X optical zoom , since these things can easily be found anywhere on the net.
Rather i will go for things which are not so obviously available . Like the Battery charger .. which works both at 110 Volts (USA) and 220 Volts (India) .... Also if you can get this camera in USA then it is much cheaper than anywhere else .
The body is made of quite nice plastic , and you feel nice grip when holding the camera. You can even take good quality videos with the camera . It have got internal Stereo microphones to capture the background sound.
The best feature of the camera is it can shoot RAW photos (which provide much greater processing capabilities) , and this feature is only found in DSLR cameras as of now . This feature makes this camera much ahead of other Super Zoom cameras .
I did tried to load a RAW picture clicked by Panasonic FZ35 ... but the Blog restricts from adding RAW photo .... :( .
This is a macro shot of the coins , clicked from Panasonic FZ35 . The camera have got quite got macro capability .
Regarding the RAW photos from the Panasonic FZ35 , i wasnt much satisfied with the Software provided alongwith the Box . You wont find much options in the software to edit your RAW photos . Though basic editing features are quite good .
For better editing features , you can use Adobe CS4 (you may require some plugin which are FZ35 specific) or also Adobe Light room 2.7 (may be now newer versions than 2.7 are available) . I find Adobe Light room as one of the best Software Tool for editing you Photos . The tool is much easy to be used and effects are excellent , much better than any other tool available .
The tool is a bit costly , but good things never come cheap :) ... as the saying goes no honey without money .
one can find it on amazon from below link :
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Moving on ahead , the camera have got excellent zoom 18X ... but that is way to high for a human hand to handle (coz our hands keep on shaking ) ... Though the in bulit Stablization feature is quite good ... but still for high zoom shots ,,,, a Tripod is always a must .
This pic of moon was taken with full zoom of Panasonic FZ35 ... Digital + Optical .. i think 32 (though not sure ... ) without the Tripod , so i think you will feel a Blur effect .
So taking a Tripod is must when buying this sort of cameras . And if you really dont want to spend on buying a Tripod , then here are a tips for taking the photo :1. Hold your breath when actually taking the photo . This will give you more stability .
2. Take the support of something ... a Table , a tree , wall etc when taking picture . The support of Tree , wall etc will make you highly stable .
3.Always use your both hands to hold the camera when clicking the Photo .
4. What ever precaution you take to be stable , but your clicking the shoot button also produces a bit jerk on the camera . So better use Inbuilt timmer in your camera to take pictures (of course where it is possible) .
In Europe the same camera Panasonic FZ35 have been released as FZ38 , the reason i am not sure . Though there are some differences between the two models :
Product SKU's(stock keeping units):
DMC-FZ38 (VQT2F13 - Europe);
DMC-FZ35 (VQT2F10 - U.S.A.);
DMC-FZ35 (VQT2H01 - Australia/Asia-Pacific)
Video Out Format (Analog),
Select between PAL and NTSC
Available - VQT2F13, VQT2H01
Not available - VQT2F10
Available Recording Time,
VQT2F10, VQT2H01
MPEG - up to 2GB, AVCHD - up to the capacity of the card.
VQT2F13
All formats - 29 minutes 59 seconds.
Nomenclature,
Extended Optical Zoom - VQT2F13, VQT2H01
Extra Optical Zoom -VQT2F10
There may be few more differences , but its not really much of worth , keep looking for more of them :) .
In short we can say FZ35 -> USA and FZ38 -> Europe. And except for software feature , the hardware is identical .
This pic was clicked by me in the Himalayan Region of Northen India . This displays the "Gaddis" or the shepherds or the normads who keep on roaming in the high altitudes along with their goats and sheep.
The altitude of this place is around 3500 Meters .
To be continued ................
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