Wildmoreway
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I found one of these on sale (secondhand!) at LCE in Paignton on Wednesday for £225, so I decided to buy it. I was told that the purchaser returned it and decided to buy a DSLR instead. A bonus was the he had paid £14 to have the manual printed out as well.
I have now had three days use of it, it does perform well in good light but in duller conditions there is slightly more noise than the FZ38 but it is bearable.
There is also a useable burst shot and although it is not marked it can be quickly accessed in the same way as on the FZ38 etc by use of the delete button and I have found that it will do up to five shots at a time in none raw settings.
because of the lens design I am able to use the TCON14 via a 52 to 46 stepdown ring without the need for an extension adapter although I have found the 24x to be adequate for almost all the shots I have taken so far.
First serious use was for shots of Black tailed Godwits yesterday, and I am happy with the results, certainly not up to DSLR + 500mm standards but good enough for me.
Only real downer so far is that the camera uses a new battery type and spare batteries are still not available even directly from Panasonic (just showing as "coming soon"). Battery life does appear to be good and I have taked circa 350 shots each day without the battery dropping from showing fully charged (I have topped up after each days shoots, but will buy a spare battery as soon as possible.).
I have now had three days use of it, it does perform well in good light but in duller conditions there is slightly more noise than the FZ38 but it is bearable.
There is also a useable burst shot and although it is not marked it can be quickly accessed in the same way as on the FZ38 etc by use of the delete button and I have found that it will do up to five shots at a time in none raw settings.
because of the lens design I am able to use the TCON14 via a 52 to 46 stepdown ring without the need for an extension adapter although I have found the 24x to be adequate for almost all the shots I have taken so far.
First serious use was for shots of Black tailed Godwits yesterday, and I am happy with the results, certainly not up to DSLR + 500mm standards but good enough for me.
Only real downer so far is that the camera uses a new battery type and spare batteries are still not available even directly from Panasonic (just showing as "coming soon"). Battery life does appear to be good and I have taked circa 350 shots each day without the battery dropping from showing fully charged (I have topped up after each days shoots, but will buy a spare battery as soon as possible.).
What does gain control 2, contrast 2, saturation 2, sharpness 2, etc mean? was noise reduction dialed down or left at default? Sensing method 2?
