I was talking with a forum member the other day about my camera. It really isn't special in anyway, just an average Panasonic point and shoot. It is the Panasonic DMC-FZ70. It does have a 60x optical zoom. It has a few other features I like such as matrix or spot metering for the light meter and options for full auto or semi manual or completely manual. Anyway, here are a few random pictures to show what the camera is capable of.
This was a handheld shot, and you can see it's just a bit fuzzy, I was showing my daughter some of the craters on the moon one night. Thinking more about this picture, I believe I enlarged it in Adobe Photoshop. So I can't say if the camera's 60x optical zoom would get this close.
Here is a moon shot using the 60x zoom. Another beautiful night in Texas.
Another thing I like is the contrast going to almost full black. Of course, no digital camera will replicate true blacks like a film camera.
Here is a sample of the 60x optical zoom.
...and a close up, you can see some of the contrast is lost, I didn't change anything in photoshop however.
So the feature I love about this camera the most is the macro lens. I would rather get up close and take 1:1 shots than use the zoom lens. I think this camera goes 1:1.5 or something like that. it's a 13mm lens.
These were shot in full daylight. I used the black and white feature on the camera. From what I understand now however is I should have taken them in regular (normal) color mode and then alter them in Adobe lightroom. I'm just starting to learn Lightroom and honestly I don't really like the software too much.
ADOBE LIGHTROOM sample pictures:
So these pictures were "normal" jpeg pictures taken using the auto feature on my camera:
You can adjust the levels more precisely in Lightroom,
You can also expand and rotate an area you want to highlight more easily than Adobe Photoshop. I don't use the Adobe CC yet, but I'm thinking about it.
This flower was yellow. The black and white brought out the rain drops more so than in color
I was just playing around with this one, oh and it was taken with my phone, not the Panasonic. But it was altered in Lightroom.
This was a handheld shot, and you can see it's just a bit fuzzy, I was showing my daughter some of the craters on the moon one night. Thinking more about this picture, I believe I enlarged it in Adobe Photoshop. So I can't say if the camera's 60x optical zoom would get this close.
Here is a moon shot using the 60x zoom. Another beautiful night in Texas.
Another thing I like is the contrast going to almost full black. Of course, no digital camera will replicate true blacks like a film camera.
Here is a sample of the 60x optical zoom.
...and a close up, you can see some of the contrast is lost, I didn't change anything in photoshop however.
So the feature I love about this camera the most is the macro lens. I would rather get up close and take 1:1 shots than use the zoom lens. I think this camera goes 1:1.5 or something like that. it's a 13mm lens.
These were shot in full daylight. I used the black and white feature on the camera. From what I understand now however is I should have taken them in regular (normal) color mode and then alter them in Adobe lightroom. I'm just starting to learn Lightroom and honestly I don't really like the software too much.
ADOBE LIGHTROOM sample pictures:
So these pictures were "normal" jpeg pictures taken using the auto feature on my camera:
You can adjust the levels more precisely in Lightroom,
You can also expand and rotate an area you want to highlight more easily than Adobe Photoshop. I don't use the Adobe CC yet, but I'm thinking about it.
This flower was yellow. The black and white brought out the rain drops more so than in color
I was just playing around with this one, oh and it was taken with my phone, not the Panasonic. But it was altered in Lightroom.
