panasonic fz200 vs dsrl (1 Viewer)

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piero

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• Jan 20, 2014

• #1

Hi,
I use to take pictures with a canon 7d and 400mm 5.6 L lens. However, I have problems with my neck and left arm. I am considering of buying a panasonic fz-200 for bird photography. I read somewhere people that didn't like the image quality of the fz200
as compared to entry level dsrl, so I wonder if there is a person on this forum that can show
me 100% crops or providing links to full resolution 3000x4000 pictures of birds
to compare with my old setup.
Thank you very much
Of course any suggestions is welcome!!

Piero

PS: sorry for my English

 

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piero

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• Jan 24, 2014

• #2

Hi,

I am sorry to bother you, but I wonder if one of the users of this forum can provide me a 100% crop of some bird faces to get an idea of the fz200 capabilities.

Thanks so much

Piero

 

njlarsen

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• Jan 24, 2014

• #3

I am sorry I cannot help. I am writing to mention that in between both quality and weight vice, you have the pana G series of cameras (2x crop) with the 100-300 mm lens (around 1 kg total weight). If that is interesting to you, I am sure a new thread with an appropriate name can provide some crops from such a combo.

Niels

 

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piero

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• Jan 24, 2014

• #4

Hi Niels,

thank you very much for the answer. Actually, I gave not thought about the g series. I looked for fz200 image quality. However, since I do not know anything about micro 4/3 quality I'll be delighted to see some pictures witha 100-300.
Thanks again
Piero

 

njlarsen

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• Jan 25, 2014

• #5

The last several hundreds of my photos in the birdforum gallery has been taken with a GH2 + 100-300. I will see if I can add some 100% unedited crops to this thread.

Niels

Sorry, here is the link: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/7427/cat/500

 

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piero

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• Jan 25, 2014

• #6

njlarsen said:

The last several hundreds of my photos in the birdforum gallery has been taken with a GH2 + 100-300. I will see if I can add some 100% unedited crops to this thread.

Niels

Sorry, here is the link: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/7427/cat/500

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Great pictures, congratulation!!

 

njlarsen

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #7

Here are some 100% crops of the out of camera jpgs. I take raw+jpg; the images attached here are therefore the camera defaults.

What have been uploaded to the gallery (linked above) is from the raws where I put in what I can in PP. I do believe I am better at that then the in camera default settings.

The attached images span from iso 200 to iso 3200.

Niels

 

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njlarsen

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #8

and the last one

I should add that the GH2 was the top of the line camera but that it has been surpassed since.

 

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piero

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #9

njlarsen said:

and the last one

I should add that the GH2 was the top of the line camera but that it has been surpassed since.

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Thank you very much indeed. Actually, In the mean time, in order to exploit my lenses, I found a 500d used and with the 55-250mm stm is about 0.8kg, while with the 200L 2.8II + tc is abount 1.2kg.
I think I'll try with this combo+cropping as soon as I can rise the left arm.

Thanks again

Piero

 

njlarsen

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• Jan 26, 2014

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You would have to crop a bit more on those combos because the camera has a lesser crop factor. But still, good for you!

Niels