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garybrian · #1 03-27-2008

A short while ago I purchased a Panasonic DMC-FZ50. I did some research and found this camera was an excellent choice for what I needed. The price was right and it offered many of the same things that an SLR camera offers. As a newcomer to the photography field my main interests were taking pictures around my home city (Toronto) and my dog. So far, it has shown excellent results.
I was curious if anybody else has used this product and if so what did they feel about it.

Lord Chance · #2 03-29-2008

Originally Posted by garybrian

A short while ago I purchased a Panasonic DMC-FZ50. I did some research and found this camera was an excellent choice for what I needed. The price was right and it offered many of the same things that an SLR camera offers. As a newcomer to the photography field my main interests were taking pictures around my home city (Toronto) and my dog. So far, it has shown excellent results.
I was curious if anybody else has used this product and if so what did they feel about it.

I looked at the reviews of the FZ50 Garybrian. That is a nice camera. I see it has conversion lenses for wideangle and telephoto. How is the lag time? With my Konica Minolta Z6 you have to lead your shot or miss it. I do get some great shots but low light shots are hard to work with. That is why I bought SLR. The Nikon D70 is great with my 75-200mm lens. For those who don't want to buy lenses then the Panasonic looks like a good camera for the money...

LC

garybrian · #3 03-29-2008

thanks for your input, bro. Don't know a lot about lag time as really am a beginner. use it mostly in Auto Mode but have used burst a few times. Read something about additional lenses, but so far have been able to take closeups of my dog real well and got some scenery shots around Toronto that came out pretty good as well. am going to look into the additional lenses some time in the near future to see if they are really needed for what I am using the camera for.
Again, thanks

Lord Chance · #4 03-29-2008

Originally Posted by garybrian

thanks for your input, bro. Don't know a lot about lag time as really am a beginner. use it mostly in Auto Mode but have used burst a few times. Read something about additional lenses, but so far have been able to take closeups of my dog real well and got some scenery shots around Toronto that came out pretty good as well. am going to look into the additional lenses some time in the near future to see if they are really needed for what I am using the camera for.
Again, thanks

Your Panasonic is going to be a fun camera. I would not worry to much about the conversion lenses because they won't give you that much additional. Just play with the features of the camera and learn them one at a time. When I speak of lag time, I'm talking about the space of time when you press the button to take the picture and when the camera actually records the picture. All Digital Cameras have this quirk. Your shutter speed is double mine but your megapics is about a third greater than mine. You are still pretty fast. You will learn to anticipate a shot and even shoot burst mode. Photography is a great hobby. If you have any questions, Let me know. I'll try to get you some answers.

LC

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garybrian · #5 03-30-2008

thanks, my friend. Being new to the digital photography family, i was not sure if I needed the extras or not. I have taken some great close-ups of my dog and some interesting shots of scenery around Toronto. With some of the pictures of older buildings, i used Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 and used their Time Machine Daguerreotype to give them an old fashioned look. I have since printed them, put them in a frame and placed them on the walls in my den. I found this a simple and easy program to use and although I have Photoshop Elements 6 as well, I find myself spending more time with Corel rather than Elements.
So, i will forgo the attachments as you suggested (which i was leaning towards) and just learn as much as I can about my camera
Again, thanks

Lord Chance · #6 03-30-2008

Originally Posted by garybrian

thanks, my friend. Being new to the digital photography family, i was not sure if I needed the extras or not. I have taken some great close-ups of my dog and some interesting shots of scenery around Toronto. With some of the pictures of older buildings, i used Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 and used their Time Machine Daguerreotype to give them an old fashioned look. I have since printed them, put them in a frame and placed them on the walls in my den. I found this a simple and easy program to use and although I have Photoshop Elements 6 as well, I find myself spending more time with Corel rather than Elements.
So, i will forgo the attachments as you suggested (which i was leaning towards) and just learn as much as I can about my camera
Again, thanks

The pleasure is mine Garybrian. When you have your camera figured out then would be the time to concider the lenses and filters. You will find a good Neutral Density and Polarization filters very nice to have. I used Paint Shop Pro since version 5. I'm so thick I need something with a shallow learning curve.

Seriously tho Paint Shop Pro is a powerful app. I have PhotoShop and other programs of that nature but stay with PSP. Picasa is another nice program to have. If you have any questions I'll do what I can to answer...

LC

garybrian · #7 04-10-2008

Once again, thanks. I have been using Paint Shop Pro X2 to have some fun with my photos, using the black and white and the "Time Machine" option. I also have Photoshop Elements 6, which I fool around with sometimes to fix up a photo. But mostly I just snap the shot, put it on my hard drive (which I back up the pictures on disc) and just enjoy them.