Tale Of 2 Cameras And More

Here’s a short write up when selecting my FZ28. I wasn’t looking for a great digital camera. I was actually looking for a decent camera that could also do video with decent sound recording. After using google and reading tons of write up on Amazon and else where, I came across the Canon SX5 IS. The Lumix FZ 28 never entered the fray.

By the time I went looking at retain shops near me, the SX 5 was no longer sold. I was late by about 6 months. The SX10IS is newer brother to the SX 5 (then) but the price was out of my range. Hand holding the camera, I realize the fella is huge. The shop assistant tried to point me to the newly launched Sony HX1 (never introduce any Lumix). But I didn’t like Sony’s memory stick, so that was out.

Back to some more googling and flickr’ing around and it seems the FZ got good reviews. While the Canon SX10IS has its strengths, the most important (to me) being the flip screen, the fact that the FZ28 is lighter (read wife factor) & cost less finally swung my decision in favor of the FZ28. Btw, while I prefer having the flexibility of AA batteries, getting them would set me back even more compared to the FZ28.
Don’t get me wrong. The SX10 is a great camera and recently replace by the SX20.

Dang, this is turning to be a camera comparison post. Any hooo, the FZ 28 is not perfect. It has its flaws.
But I found it was great when shooting cats!

ISO: 100, Exposure: 1/160 sec, Aperture: 4.0 cropped

Update : At the time of writing this post, the price of the FZ28 has become higher than the SX10 or even the SX 20.

Flower Power

While taking a walk around the neighborhood. I saw a similar yellow color shot from MS wall paper and thought I try a similar shot. I took this shot by simply aiming the camera from the flower bed & shooting.



ISO: 100, Exposure: 1/500 sec, Aperture: 5.6

Photo is slightly touched up via Picasa

Late Adopter

I finally got myself a digital camera. Okay, so I'm a late adopter. Don't matter. I bought a FZ28 prosumer camera. Some called them bridge cameras.

They are a bridge between a SLR or a dSLR in this case and P&S (point and shoot). We can talk more about gear later.

Here is a self portrait of the FZ28.

From Project365

ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/3 sec, Aperture: 3.6, Focal Length: 17.4mm

The FZ28is available here