Panasonic’s FZ30 for the most part builds upon the success of the FZ20.

It looks and handles much like a DSLR and is frequently compared to them. That is where the similarity ends however. Read the rest of this entry »

Many digital cameras lack dynamic range. This can be seen when you take a photo but the sky is over or under exposed while another part is correct. The camera can not expose both correctly, as the eye can. I usually do very little, if any, post processing with my photos but this come in handy.
Here is how to fix dynamic range using Paint Shop Pro, or Photoshop.
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I bought the Panasonic FZ20 to replace my Olympus C770.
The FZ20 has 12x zoom, image stabalization, focus assist, a manual focus ring, and f2.8 throughtout the zoom range. The cameras ISO range is from 80 to 400.
The photos it takes are very good but slightly noisy. At high ISO the noise is very noticable. The noise can be cleaned up in post processing in most cases, but it’s not even a problem at normal print sizes. Color is usually accurate, but can be slightly oversaturated in landscape mode. I usually shoot in P mode. There is no “auto” mode.
In P mode you can shift the exposure or aperture to fine tune the camera for the photo.
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