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Oct 27^th, 2007 at 6:58pm

Pilot_Alex Offline
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Right for Christmas. i just wanted normal stuff a boy could want. including an ipod nano.
But i saw the newest version of my camera roll onto the shelves. costing only 160£ for an Panasonic FZ8
now i have a perfectly fine camera.
But this new one. has some cool little features. like automatically detects if the object your taking a picture is moving and then sets the exposure and shutter speed to how fast its moving and light.
And basically just another upgrade foe 150.

So should i stay with the FZ5 or go for the FZ8

but wheres the fun in photography without experimenting and not letting the camera do it for you?

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Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2007 at 12:24am

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I am not familiar with those cameras but the feature you speak of sounds like face recognition. As someone else put it "I don't need that, I should already know whos face im snapping."
Read the reviews I have found many newer models are actually less prefered then their older one.

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Reply #2 - Oct 28^th, 2007 at 5:16am

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I also own the FZ5, but I'd only upgrade to "real" camera's. In other words, save the money you for the FZ8 for a bigger camera... that's what I would do... Wink

I don't think there will be much difference in quality of the photo's between the FZ5 and FZ8... The new FZ18 however has a big advantage... an even bigger zoom! 18x instead of 12x on the FZ5!

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Reply #3 - Oct 28^th, 2007 at 2:52pm

Souichiro Offline
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I'm with Kris on this one..

His FZ-5 makes wonderfull pics... and so does my FZ-8 I love my camera and you can make wonderful Pictures with it. I am still really pleased with it and it documented Japan beautifully, I am running into it's limitations however... Go with Kris's advice and save up for a DSLR ... be prepared to photgraph a lot though...

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Reply #4 - Oct 29^th, 2007 at 10:50am

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I got a FZ-8 and love it, but i mainly use manual mode, offcourse, this is my own preference.

It would indeed be worth to save up for a DSLR if you really want to improve the quality.

I saw the FZ-18 yesterday, kinda looked like a usefull extension of the family.

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