Before At length, this camera, you should know exactly what you want. Output peaks pictures and a lot of money and ne huge bag and weight with it rumschleppen or good pictures with a lot of focus and little 'Geschleppe'. Will you have to resort to sharp images of a DSLR, the more difficult and more expensive but. To cover the same focal range, about 4 to 6 times as expensive if you do not necessarily save with the lenses. I have sometimes genuine smile when one reads some review. Because of a cell phone camera photos already in DSLR quality expected when a tripod is expected that you can take pictures without self-timer and bridge cameras is expected anyway DSLR image quality. The FZ 100 is not a DSLR! Unfortunately it has only the tiny sensor has been replete with pixels! The undeniable noise is here! Especially in low light and high ISO values. It would have been nice if Pana would have fewer pixels packed on the sensor. But as bad as sometimes described here as well, it is not. I still have an old FZ3 (3MP) and a TZ5 (9MP). Hab times the images compared. That is, have photographed the same motive with each camera and the images then opened in separate windows. The images I then brought all about the same size. Lo and behold, the FZ100 rushes hardly more or less than the other two, it is the noise performance in all three little difference to be seen. When you see the noise? With a 24 '16 to 9 monitor with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels hardly seen it. You can see it, but in my opinion it is negligible. Now you should put time on the monitor at any one A4 sheet. What will you remember? The picture is almost A3 size! Which amateur photographer makes A3 printouts? Now comes again the matter of the poster. Anyone who wants to take pictures for Posters needs ne DSLR, point. Or he lives with some noise. In size, the noise can be clearly seen. But you have to remember how big the image is then times. In my 24 'monitor the image is adjusted approximately 40cm wide and 30cm high. In its original size at an image resolution of 14MP, it is about 3 times the size! This makes about 1.2 meters wide and 0.9 meters high! But you can pick something out, if you shoot in RAW format and edited the images with the supplied software. But even in good lighting conditions see the images in original size still presentable. Yes, you can see the noise and also, unfortunately, the slight blurring, but as I said, it's not a DSLR. Have tested the lens. Have a book without zoom, 12x and 24x photographed. Yes, the pictures are a bit blurry at all zoom factors to the edge, but only a little! With such a large focal length range, it can not avoid, as can be read also in the network. You have to say, for as much focal length a sharp lens! It's 'cool' when you stand in front of a church and the 112 meter high tower gets entirely on photo and then sometimes just 'ranezoomt' and the church spire, at 112 meters from the image fills. Tip !!! In good conditions this succeeds even without blurring, thanks to super image stabilizer. Those looking for a camera that can capture great moods and can live with the noise will be well served with this camera! Who but ne FZ38, or similar, calls his own, should not change, but wait a generation or two. In my opinion, the appearance of colors is very natural. Had 'flirted' in advance with the HS10. One could compare images of the individual cameras in the network. The comparison between the FZ100 and HS10 showed me that the HS10 a little less noisy, but the color does not represent as natural. In addition, the HS10 has other weaknesses and not the scope of equipment as the FZ100. That's why I've decided for the Pana. Have now already probably made more than 2000 pictures, and I have to say I am thrilled. Sure, it is also scrap it, but we are talking about digital photography because you can afford simply times to try what. 'Sche .. it, go still 900 images on the memory card'. Did the movies on Vogelsang (enter just check out Google Image Search, but are not mine) hinbekommen good photos, Ok, that (lie P program, camera and time fuse) a bit too dark and the other a little too bright (same procedure, only starry program with 15sec exposure). Just had new and not yet occupied myself with the manual settings on the camera. With a central strip and about 8sec exposure at ISO 100 it would have been likely to tip. But the images have shown me what's in this camera. Hab with tripod sunsets, evening sky and starry sky photographed. Super! If one then takes ne bracketing and the images then with a DRI or HDR tool composed, as you can already hinbekommen great effects. One has to just take your time and throw in the towel is not equal to 3 hours. Macro shots, great! A beautiful flower filling the picture on the monitor, sharp and absolutely natural. Super! The video feature is also super successful. In good lighting conditions just great. What annoys some, is the constant focus of sometimes not so knows exactly what he wants. Can it but probably hinbekommen with the manual focus, I am not yet engaged with. Unfortunately, the camera in the video function the same problem, such as when taking pictures, they need light! Under low light, the videos captured much to rustle. The processing makes a good impression as far as, up to the points listed below. The swivel screen is a dream, the viewfinder is not so, I do not need personally but. The battery lasts really long !! The operation so far is good, especially when you're used to Pana. Quick menu for the most common settings, class. Shortcut key can be freely assigned, class! 3 user settings can be saved, again great! For what it is, it is a great camera! And it is a bridge or Super Zoom! No DSLR! And for that, she does her job great! Why then but only 4 stars? 1. The battery of policy Pana: The camera's battery needs to be adjusted (output), ok. But, I'm now the third charger at home and they are not compatible. If you could at least invite each battery in any charger. 2. The lens hood: In the first attempts to install it, at first I thought I'll break the lens. Meanwhile, the mechanism is so worn out that I'm afraid to lose the diaphragm. 3. The cover of the connectors for USB and HDMI: Both of my old Panas still had a reasonable flap and it was super and the connections. When FZ100? So a fragile cover that always wants to go by himself. To want to insert a plug there, you need 3 hands. One holds the camera, the next holds the door open and the third put the purely male. It's frustrating. If now someone tells me to upload photos, I will not do. There are already enough examples on the net. Enter Just looking at Google 'FZ100 Forum'. The DSLR forum is quite good. There I am well informed before buying.
