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2009-04-25, 7:04am
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I'd go with the Panasonic purely for the lens. Leica makes fabulous cameras and lenses...better than Canon in my opinion.
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2009-04-25, 7:47am
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I agree, Leica makes better cameras and lenses than Canon . . . at least it did in the film age. Canon, however, had been the leader in the digital photography era - but other manufacturers have been catching up!
Here is a review:
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Pa.../verdict.shtml
The "verdict" is great . . . just one comment worth noting:
"It should also be noted the TZ5, like all compacts these days, greatly suffers at higher sensitivities. Keep it at 100 ISO and you’ll be happy, but anything higher, especially beyond 200 ISO, and the results rapidly deteriorate. And like its predecessor, the TZ5 remains pretty much an automatic camera only, so if you want manual control over exposure or focus, look elsewhere."
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2009-04-25, 7:51am
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2009-04-25, 8:49am
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Just a bit DOOPY DOO DAH!
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Wow that was interesting on the TZ5 - It only scored 16/20 for picture quality - hmmm -------
The thing is I can only afford 1 camera, so it needs to be able to take nice bead pictures and also lovely family and outside photos - but I don't want a bulky hang round your neck job. (I'll save up for one of those I do eventually want one).
I get lost when ISO gets talked about, I don't understand what that means, can you help me on that?
Right off to look at the Canon one now - my heart wants this camera but my purse is screaming at me don't do it
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2009-04-25, 8:55am
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Quote from digitalcamerareview - On the one hand, several key improvements – from HD video shooting to a wide-angle lens to a li-ion battery
It's the AA batteries that made me not go for the 110, I want li-ion battery power for longer life of picture taking. My old Kodak is rubbish and has really put me off any camera with AA battery power.
Well that review site seems to like the Canon but again had an issue with ISO thingummy - whatever that is
Oh what to do, this is not a decision I want to take lightly.
Michelle
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2009-04-25, 8:57am
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[quote= And like its predecessor, the TZ5 remains pretty much an automatic camera only, so if you want manual control over exposure or focus, look elsewhere."[/quote]
Do I need to worry about this bit for bead pictures?
Michelle
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2009-04-25, 9:06am
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Flaming Redhead!
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Here's a good site explaining ISO... http://www.digicamhelp.com/camera-fe...-settings/iso/
And manual control can be nice but it's not necessary. I use my camera on manual because I can adjust the exposure but it does an equally good job when I just set it to auto control.
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2009-04-25, 9:21am
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Thanks Alex - wow now I know ISO is about lighting the less light the higher the ISO and the more (putting it bluntly) crappy a picture. So as long as I have good lighting indoors to take bead piccies I should be alright with any of these three cameras. Would the canon be better though because it has many different picture settings on it?
Maybe I should have done a poll and actually asked out of the three what would be the preference.
Thanks so far Hayley and Alex I think the two in the running are the canon or the panasonic - so at least I am definately down to two.
Michelle
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