#FZ1000 IZOOM FULL#
The FZ-200 exhibits a fair amount of noise at base ISO, but has decent macro capabilities at full zoom and minimum distance of 1m. I have the Panasonic FZ-200 (12mp, to 600mmEFL, 2.8 constant aperture, teeny sensor, light weight) and now the Panasonic FZ-1000 (20mp, to 400mm EFL, not constant aperture (drops to f4 at about 150EFL), 1" sensor, larger and heavier). Okay, I normally avoid digital zoom of any kind like the plague but wanted to get an idea of how the FZ1000 will do with iZoom and Digital zoom, but wanted to see it relative to what an FZ200 or FZ300 image would look like at the same equivalent focal length.Many bridge cameras now from all the manufacturers, so you have quite a choice! Of course I don't have an FZ200 or FZ300 at the present and sold my FZ150 a long time ago. So I decided to shoot at 20mp with the FZ1000, allowing it to REZ up the digital zoom to 20mp and then I downsized to the 4000px width of the FZ200/FZ300, just to see what it would look like. I'm showing these not to convince anyone of anything but just for information only purposes and so I could see how they display on-line. (I'll be shooting principally for a BLOG in the future with a few select shot for posters or stock. So this is just for my own education and awareness.
Also keeping in mind that the FZ1000 pixels are is 2.43 time larger then the pixels on the FZ200/300 so that impacts DR, apparent sharpness and detail in favor of the FZ1000 Images were shot at equivalent focal lengths of 25mm, 200, 400, 600 to match the optical of the FZ200/300 series, 800, 12, the max digital of FZ1000. I'm educating myself, not trying to prove any point or better or worse for any camera.Ħ00mm digital equivalent compared to FZ200/300 max optical.ġ200mm equivalent, (compare to the FZ200/300 with iZoom on) Maybe this will be of some interest to others. So I have learned, that with discretion, the FZ1000 can still do some amazing high zoom work if viewing size is kept down. I agree - depending on the subject matter and lighting conditions. My disappointment came with subject matter that has detail, such as bird feathers or other wildlife fur, unless well lit as is your subject, which unfortunately is not usually the case in the wild! Scenes such as your example work pretty well. In my early days with the FZ1000 I was disappointed in those situations, even at my web size of 1000 px at the long end. I've pretty much abandoned its use, and prefer to work with the RAW file and crop. It is a tool, but one that should be used with discretion. Shooting full frame and resolution is always best and then cropping in PP results in the best remaining quality. I would consider iZoom an option, but not digital zoom unless it is an extreme situation where you must get the shot, and I don't envision any of those.įYI, I'll be posting a 4 minute video that also used digital zoom. There is one point where it went from iZoom to regular digital and you can see the image falling apart quickly. So for me, iZoom is an in-camera option if needed, but not something to depend on most of the time. Besides I prefer to shoot RAW and it doesn't work with RAW.
You have inspired me to try out the I-zoom on my FZ1000. There is some IQ loss but relative to a smaller 1/2.3 sensor it is not really noticeable within the iZoom range.
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