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[piranha]

new camera! panasonic DMC-FZ28K, 10.1 megapixels, one of the newish superzoom cameras (35mm equivalent of 27-486mm). i figured i was looking at about C$ 3K of DSLR and lenses, and i simply couldn't justify it with a lot of equipment still to buy for the boat. but i have really outgrown my coolpix 4500; it's a great, little camera, but it doesn't have enough lens, and definitely not enough megapixels for printing.

well, this one has enough lens for a while, and it's a leica lens to boot. just playing around with the first 100 pics has already netted me a bunch of cat pictures that beat most everything i've taken before. and i can handle this much zoom without a tripod, at least in decent light. it's very intuitive to use, and fast! got a lot of DSLR features, fully manual controls if one doesn't want to use its rather smart automatic systems. it even shoots raw. 2.7" LCD-- o can SEE whether the image is in focus instead of sorta guessing! i'm loving it already; it's gonna be the perfect bridge camera for me.

i shall have to burble much more once i actually had some sleep (insomnia zapped last night's attempts).

[TA: i was apparently so tired last night that i wrote this post and previewed it, but then forgot to post it. :)]

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Re: srs bznss cameras

[sara]

I have mine on a nice neoprene strap that I took off the SLR (a 1960s Zeiss Ikon that I've been shooting with since I was...meep, not a lot older than my daughter! Oh man, I feel OLD now!), and I have a padded bag I could put it in, but in practice it seems to end up in my attache case. I used to carry a big Overland purse that could fit it, but C. gave me a really nice tooled leather purse last summer, and it just will not accommodate the big camera.