16th photo taken with the FZ5 and the first of a bird in my garden. Quite happy with it considering it’s only been cropped and not resized!
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5
It arrived this morning! I ordered a DMC-Z5 from Pixmania.com last week and DHL delivered it this morning. Unfortunately, the manuals that came with it were in French, German, Italian and Dutch.. None of which I speak with sufficient proficiency to understand some of the finer points of this camera!
With some effort I found this page on the Panasonic website leading me to English language PDF manuals. This came as some surprise because another page said there was no online manual!
Now if only 7dayshop would get the Canon 20D sorted. Royal Mail possibly lost it but it’s the seller who’s responsible.
Later.. A small demo of the optical zoom:
I have two reasons for buying this camera:
- I don’t want to drag thousands of Euro worth of camera into pubs where there’s lots of drinking and messing. I’m not crazy!
- A huge number of birds visit my garden every day. It’s great to watch them closely with binoculors but if I can get in close with a camera too it’d be even better!
Charge your alkalines
This battery charger works with alkaline or non-rechargeable batteries!
I have plenty of NiMH batteries at this stage but hopefully these things will become more common! (via Rebecca)
Shock as Bush snubs Irish candidate for Pope
As cardinals gather to elect a new pope, a shocking photo was released showing President Bush snubbing the Irish candidate for the Papacy!
(Thanks John!)
Digital Savings? How Photographers Should Charge for Digital
Today's theme is KITTENS
Aaawwww… Really Cute Kitten Pictures
What Canon Lens?
Looking around for a zoom or telephoto lens. Very confused. I have a lot to learn. I’m on a budget so this Sigma DC 4-5.6/55-200 C/AF looks like a good compromise between price and performance.
More on lenses:
Make photos look … retro? Digital lomography?
Here’s a very detailed look at lomography. Swisswuff goes into what it is, how it’s done and lists photoshop and gimp plugins!
From what I can see, Lomo is a lot more than dark corners and saturated colours!
The Digital Journalist – April 2005
While I wait for the National Geographic to be delivered out to the wilds of Blarney, I’ll read the latest The Digital Journalist. A large part of this issue is dedicated to that time after the war when the war hasn’t ended for some..
Actually, There Is No Line… between journalism and humanity. Should a student have been arrested for photographing a car break in? Where do you draw the ethical line?
Canon Speedlites – Flash!
Bob Atkins looks at Canon’s new flash units.
Ouch. They’re expensive, but are a lot more capable than the el cheapo flash I bought for my F717.
(via photographyblog)