Must be a typo. Spec says 12x
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz30/>
Chuck Norcutt
Sue Pearce wrote:
> 70x OPTICAL!?!?!? Ar you sure?
>
> Bill PEarce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <orink@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 1:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] A 5D Mk II all tricked out for video
>
>
>> Thanks for the interesting comments by all.
>>
>> I have a Panasonic FZ-30 and have found the video option useful for
>> "on-the-spot" videos. I also use their SDR-26 cam-corder, not an HD model,
>> but has 70x optical zoom, manual focus option, and good, comparatively
>> quiet built-in sound recording-since no tape,cassette,or mini-DVD motors,
>> just the SD card. It also has a version of 3-D tracking, built-in lens
>> cover, and is very compact. Check out my 7 minute "2009 Pileated
>> Woodpecker Nest" video on YouTube. :)
>>
>> If you enjoy astronomy, you might also like one of the better "dark sky"
>> locations I have found in the midwest. Below is the tinyurl link for my
>> Google map to the site.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/26g9h8e
>>
>> As Ever,
>> OrinK3
>> near Chicago
>> ___________________________________________________________--
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:35:55 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: Re: [OM] A 5D Mk II all tricked out for video
>>
>>> Credit Where Credit Is Due Moose
>> Well, I'm not blasting Canon for what they've done and I think I've been
>> pretty clear that a lot of the fault belongs to the buyers. It's like
>> General Motors--as long as people kept buying junk they kept making junk.
>> Was GM's producing junk the fault of GM or was it the fault of the buying
>> public for enabling them to do so? It wasn't until Honda and Toyota
>> started
>> womping them was there any effort made to improving the product quality.
>> Even that wasn't good enough, though, because the corporate culture was so
>> poisoned by the "white tower" syndrome that it took Obama buying the place
>> with our tax dollars to even remotely have a chance to turn the place
>> around. The jury is out, though, on whether this experiment will yield
>> positive results. I'm not holding my breath.
>>
>> Now, you could say that I'm being a bit unfair by comparing Canon to GM.
>> Maybe so. There is no denying that Canon is extremely successful for a
>> reason, but for the better part of a hundred years, so was GM. Success
>> does
>> not necessarily mean that they are doing things correctly, but it usually
>> means that the competition is more incompetent than you.
>>
>> Let's put the 5Dmk2 into proper perspective, though. It isn't the only
>> game
>> in town, but represents the largest sensor version of the technology.
>> Canon
>> wasn't even first to market with video in a DSLR. The Sony sensor'd
>> cameras
>> have that "jello-cam" issue which is present in so many video cameras
>> these
>> days (look at last-season's Ice Road Truckers" for an example of
>> jello-cams
>> on steroids). The key competition for the 5Dmk2 in video is the Panasonic
>> GH1.
>>
>> The GH1 is also short of several key features, but has distinct advantages
>> over the Canon. The sensor isn't quite as large as the Canon's, but isn't
>> tiny either. In fact, the GH1's sensor is probably close to ideal size and
>> that camera is also used extensively, if not more, for video production
>> than
>> the Canon.
>>
>> I guess, we all have to wait to see if I'm right or if I'm off the
>> reservation. If Canon does answer the needs, we'll see different
>> viewfinder
>> options and liveview HDMI output for not just recording internally, but
>> external record devices as well as live broadcast or centralized capture.
>> I'm hoping that Canon delivers, but I suspect that they'll save most of
>> that
>> for a dedicated video camera.
>>
>> AG
>> --
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>
>> --
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2889 - Release Date: 05/22/10
> 06:26:00
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|