Talk:Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30

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The DMC-FZ30 does produce very noisy pictures at high ISO settings. I've seen it myself. Please don't edit that comment out again. You've been reverted twice by two different editors; that's usually a sign that you need to think about what you're saying.

--Myk 21:37, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Although currently I don't have this cam, I plan to buy one, and I read lots of reviews and comments. Someone wrote that with proper (manual) settings it can do nice pix at higher ISO values too.

Yeah, carefully adjusted, you can get good photos at high ISOs. However, saying that it is notorious for grainy pictures at high ISOs is a valid statement. It's something to be aware of, that high ISO shooting needs to be done with care. --Myk 02:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can we get a photo or two of this camera?

If there's anybody out there who has both this camera, and another decent digicam, can they please upload a photo of the FZ30? All I've got is a crappy one taken with my Treo's camera.--Myk 15:50, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Why another digital camera? In any case, I'm wondering if we can just take Panasonic's stock promotional photography?; I'm not sure what the exact copyright policy is on that. Tejastheory 04:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Um, because it's difficult to take a good photo of a camera with itself? I mean, if someone has two FZ30s, then great, but I think that's unlikely. Many thanks to scaredpoet for the great pics! --Myk 02:26, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Defects

Next time I won't buy Panasonic. This is the best non-SLR cam, but only if it has no defects. My first cam had a bright red hot pixel from the beginning. Because I noticed it immediately, they gave a new camera. A month later I discovered that the new camera has another defect: when using small aperture, a very faint shadow is visible. Does not really affect still pictures, but easily noticed on a video. I sought advice on forums, and they made it clear that this is the defect of the anti-aliasing filter. During this time this camera also developed a hot pixel. It is not always visible (temperature dependent??), but on a few pictures there are several fainter red and blue spots too. I copied some examples on the memory card, and gave it back where I bought it. They sent it back to Panasonic - and Panasonic said that this camera works according their specifications, so they did not touch it. Therefore the specifications of Panasonic include the possibility of hot pixels :-(