I've enjoyed photography for about 30 years. I've also hated paying for film processing for about 30 years. My desk at home has about a dozen rolls of undeveloped film - I have no idea what is on those rolls of film. I may never find out because, I hate paying for film processing.
Digital cameras started to become mainstream in the late 1990's. With a digital camera, you don't have to pay for film processing, just buy a large memory card and dump your images to your computer. Not paying for film or film processing makes me very happy. As ecstatic as I've been about digital cameras, I've never been completely satisfied with their ability to capture images. Too slow to go and images too low.
My old manual 35mm film camera, with a near prime lens, took glorious photos, rich colors and so very sharp images. And it was fast too - true "point and click" - no waiting for auto-focus. My current Sony digital camera takes okay photos. The auto-focus on my Sony is slow and not always accurate, and the built-in LCD screen is useless in the sun. Photos are usable, but I've found I must use a tripod if I'm going to capture a decent image.
If you're like me, your never completely satisfied with digital camera technology. Fortunately, the technology keeps getting better. Which means I constantly crave a new digital camera. But which digital camera should you buy?
Every year I spend hours researching digital camera technology and reading new camera reviews. Recently, I found a new digital camera I think I'd be happy with. It's the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100.
This camera seems to have it all, at least all that I want in a camera. Some of the standout features include:
14.1-megapixel resolution; 24x optical zoom with F/2.8 at 25mm and F/5.2 at 600mm Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens (puts my 7 megapixel camera to shame) 11fps burst shooting for JPEG and RAW files (umm, that's fast). Face Recognition and Intelligent Auto mode.
1080i HD movies in AVCHD format; 3.0-inch free-angle LCD (that's true HD at 1920x1080 which is full HD movie smooth at 60i) with stereo audio. With a microphone port for optional external microphones (that's just cool).
While this is not a DSLR, for a super-shooter it has enough features and settings to keep me busy learning how to use it for the rest of the year. I've found numerous glowing reviews about this digital camera. And the HD video samples I've seen have me drooling. And this camera is fast at capturing images! I want it!
If you're interested in this camera, you can read numerous reviews from the link at left.
Now how cool is that?
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