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Think it's the other stuff - Leica (boo hiss) - not the same as the 35mm lenses (neither is Zeiss), but a heap better than yer average Craven A...judderman62 wrote: »from memory Panasonics use Zeiss lenses - welll glass doesn't get any better than Zeiss.0 -
Think it's the other stuff - Leica (boo hiss) - not the same as the 35mm lenses (neither is Zeiss), but a heap better than yer average Craven A...
Ah you may be right - is it Sony who use Zeiss.
anyways why boo hiss for Leica ?
Hate and I do mean Hate my apple Mac Computer - wish I'd never bought the thing
Do little and often
Please stop using the word "of" when you actually mean "have" - it's damned annoying :mad:0 -
Think it's the other stuff - Leica (boo hiss) - not the same as the 35mm lenses (neither is Zeiss), but a heap better than yer average Craven A...
Don't you rate the Leica lenses then?"He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
Murphys No More Pies Club Member #950 -
Would you consider the Panasonic to be good enough?
Personally, I would go for a 'camera' name - Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Olympus etc, etc - but a Panasonic would be fine.
An optical zoom is more useful than you might think at first, don't bother with digital zoom, that just degrades the picture.
You might want to consider getting some reasonable software to file and 'manipulate' the 'photos. Then the building that appears to be leaning backwards can be brought upright again !
You will probably get a basic software package with the camera, plus there are a few free ones around such as:
http://www.irfanview.com/
Or a good one to buy is :
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/
You can get this for around £50.
Have fun !0 -
another good - very easy to use and beautifully featured one is faststobe image viewer (desapite it's name it also tweaks images) - it's also quite funky how you access menus when viewing one.
JudHate and I do mean Hate my apple Mac Computer - wish I'd never bought the thing
Do little and often
Please stop using the word "of" when you actually mean "have" - it's damned annoying :mad:0 -
Yes, Sony bought the rights, designs etc for Zeiss some time ago.judderman62 wrote: »Ah you may be right - is it Sony who use Zeiss.
anyways why boo hiss for Leica ?
Boo hiss for Leica coz I have Zeiss stuff...
I rate a lot of the older Leica and Zeiss glass, modern ones tend to be better than the competition, but not better than the competition's older 35mm and medium-format lenses.
In 35mm-land, the Zeiss 50mm, f1.7 was always the benchmark (quite right too...).0 -
Yes, Sony bought the rights, designs etc for Zeiss some time ago.
Boo hiss for Leica coz I have Zeiss stuff...
I rate a lot of the older Leica and Zeiss glass, modern ones tend to be better than the competition, but not better than the competition's older 35mm and medium-format lenses.
In 35mm-land, the Zeiss 50mm, f1.7 was always the benchmark (quite right too...).
Haha you know your stuff man :money:
I think I will prob get the panny, as I am only taking holiday snaps and it should be good enough for me!:D"He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
Murphys No More Pies Club Member #950 -
ahhh Zeiss 35mm kit
always my dream - Contax RTS with Zeiss glass :drool: :drool: :drool:
waaayyyy out of my budget canon cameras for me :
Canon AE-1
Canon 1000fn
Canon EOS 50e (loved the eye control - how Star Trek is that - still have that one and the 1000fn)
Sorry OP going off topic here
Hate and I do mean Hate my apple Mac Computer - wish I'd never bought the thing
Do little and often
Please stop using the word "of" when you actually mean "have" - it's damned annoying :mad:0 -
judderman62 wrote: »ahhh Zeiss 35mm kit
always my dream - Contax RTS with Zeiss glass :drool: :drool: :drool:
waaayyyy out of my budget canon cameras for me :
Canon AE-1
Canon 1000fn
Canon EOS 50e (loved the eye control - how Star Trek is that - still have that one and the 1000fn)
Sorry OP going off topic here
Don't worry about it
"He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
Murphys No More Pies Club Member #950 -
This guy's site is quite good. Review for that camera on here
http://www.cameras.co.uk/details/panasonic-digital-cameras.cfm0
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