Winterdune
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I think officially they are announced tomorrow. The FZ200 has F2.8 available throughout its 25-600mm range!!
Sean
Sean
For general photography probably yes. For birding, maybe yes, maybe no. I am more waiting to hear about an upcoming GH3 than the G5 -- but most likely of all to sit tight for a while with my GH2.
Niels
All were announced today, just as the leaks indicated. When oh when will there be long m4/3 prime lenses?!
I think officially they are announced tomorrow. The FZ200 has F2.8 available throughout its 25-600mm range!!
Sean
I wholeheartedly agree with you Hor Kee. That or a 100-400mm zoom (improving on the 100-300mm already in circulation). That extra reach makes all the difference. I cannot carry a Canon 7d and 100-400mm lens - it's just too heavy.
Hobbes
Given you're the only person on the forum I'm aware who has the GH2, I suspect it's not been a hot seller for Panasonic, so I wonder if Panasonic will update that line. But we'll see.
Jim
I wholeheartedly agree with you Hor Kee. That or a 100-400mm zoom (improving on the 100-300mm already in circulation). That extra reach makes all the difference. I cannot carry a Canon 7d and 100-400mm lens - it's just too heavy.
Hobbes
For me there are 3 advantages of the superzoom over a DSLR:
Cost, small size and the practicality of having everything from wide angle to max zoom in one package
m4/3 type cameras, while I guess there is a step up in quality, you lose at least one of those advantages and thats why they don't appeal to me for wildlife pics.
I'm still weighing up my options, but I think I'm almost decided to upgrade my FZ38 to either the new FZ200 or the Canon SX40...
For me there are 3 advantages of the superzoom over a DSLR:
Cost, small size and the practicality of having everything from wide angle to max zoom in one package
m4/3 type cameras, while I guess there is a step up in quality, you lose at least one of those advantages and thats why they don't appeal to me for wildlife pics.
I'm still weighing up my options, but I think I'm almost decided to upgrade my FZ38 to either the new FZ200 or the Canon SX40...
On paper the Panasonic Lumix FZ200 is the most exciting superzoom camera we have seen in a long time and is bound to stir things up in this segment of the market. We're looking forward to getting our hands on and shooting with a full production unit.
There was a comment in one of the links I provided about the Extended Teleconverter option now giving a max of 4.8x (think G3 was max 3.6x with video) without impacting image quality. No more details, but if the virtual teleconverter would give 4x for stills, rather than the current 2x (using the small picture size), that would be an ideal solution, from my perspective, to the problem of wanting more reach. It would give the extra reach one would want without extra weight or the expense of an extra lens or the decrease in light from a physical teleconverter.
Jim
If I understand correctly which function you are talking about, I think the extended teleconverter option is only available for video. It's because to shoot HD video you don't need to use the whole of a 16 megapixel sensor, as the HD video is only going to be 1920 pixels wide. You could shoot stills the same way, but you'd be turning a 16 megapixel sensor into something more like a 3 megapixel sensor, and getting exactly the same result as if you just took a shot without a teleconverter and cropped it later.
I'm not saying it's a useless feature (I wish my Canon offered the same), but it's only useful for video.