chuck
02-27-2005, 06:38 PM
I've had my FZ20 for 3 weeks now, and I'm impressed - except for the slight red fringe around bright white objects in certain modes. That bothers me. Is this really standard with digital cameras? What is the consensus here?
Being a technonerd, I love the elecronic gizmos this unit has to offer. Although I prefer to pre-focus in center-weighted focus mode, I am awed by the mult-focus mode where the camera selects the focal spots and shows you where they are via green boxes. Neat! And the spotmeter mode is very focused and accurate. The included 360-degree panorama software is effective and fun to use.
I purchased the pamaraal (sp?) 62mm filter adapter. It is a machined aluminum cylinder, very well made although somewhat heavy - 3 ounces. I don't mind this, since I didn't opt for a compact camera anyway, and as far as I'm concerned this just adds to the stability. It has become a permanent integral part of the camera body. I also purchased the Tamrac Digital 4 camera bag. Compact, but not too small. Just large enough for the camera with attached adapter, battery charger, spare battery and cards, usb adapter cable and probably a compact outboard flash unit when I get one. I got a Canon Pixma iP6000D photoprinter, which I've had for a couple of days, and seems just fine to me. Very easy to set up and get started. Little did I know that after all this plus spare battery and memory cards the camera purchase would be about half of my cash outlay before I was finished. Oh, well, what price fun?!
Being a technonerd, I love the elecronic gizmos this unit has to offer. Although I prefer to pre-focus in center-weighted focus mode, I am awed by the mult-focus mode where the camera selects the focal spots and shows you where they are via green boxes. Neat! And the spotmeter mode is very focused and accurate. The included 360-degree panorama software is effective and fun to use.
I purchased the pamaraal (sp?) 62mm filter adapter. It is a machined aluminum cylinder, very well made although somewhat heavy - 3 ounces. I don't mind this, since I didn't opt for a compact camera anyway, and as far as I'm concerned this just adds to the stability. It has become a permanent integral part of the camera body. I also purchased the Tamrac Digital 4 camera bag. Compact, but not too small. Just large enough for the camera with attached adapter, battery charger, spare battery and cards, usb adapter cable and probably a compact outboard flash unit when I get one. I got a Canon Pixma iP6000D photoprinter, which I've had for a couple of days, and seems just fine to me. Very easy to set up and get started. Little did I know that after all this plus spare battery and memory cards the camera purchase would be about half of my cash outlay before I was finished. Oh, well, what price fun?!