Detail Man
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In late Summer of 2009 I took these with my humble (but trusty) first digital camera (a Panasonic DMC-LZ5 6 Mpixel, 6x Zoom).
While it does not have a Leica lens-system, is hardly "wide-agle" at 38mm, has only a 1/2.5 Inch image-sensor, the older Venus Plus Engine, and is unusably noisy over ISO=100 (I stick with ISO=80), it does not obliterate detail like so many modern compacts, does a good job auto-focusing, runs on AA size batteries, and has served me well for over 16,000 shots. I've used it to take thousands of outdoor portrait shots of my dear little friend Kendra, and some commendable nature and flower shots, as well. I would choose it over many of the multi-Mpixel over-aggressive NR and Sharpening nightmares stuffed onto tiny sensors these days (save for the DMC-LX3, that is ...
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Does anybody know what this type of flower is called? It was a beautiful and interesting subject, indeed:
And, inspired by Marana's fine shot, I re-processed this similar beauty for your viewing pleasure:
While it does not have a Leica lens-system, is hardly "wide-agle" at 38mm, has only a 1/2.5 Inch image-sensor, the older Venus Plus Engine, and is unusably noisy over ISO=100 (I stick with ISO=80), it does not obliterate detail like so many modern compacts, does a good job auto-focusing, runs on AA size batteries, and has served me well for over 16,000 shots. I've used it to take thousands of outdoor portrait shots of my dear little friend Kendra, and some commendable nature and flower shots, as well. I would choose it over many of the multi-Mpixel over-aggressive NR and Sharpening nightmares stuffed onto tiny sensors these days (save for the DMC-LX3, that is ...
Does anybody know what this type of flower is called? It was a beautiful and interesting subject, indeed:
And, inspired by Marana's fine shot, I re-processed this similar beauty for your viewing pleasure: