Melbourne sunset through FZ10

[JimDavis]

JD, love your pics... care to share to all the Lumix noobz the setting? Thanks

Setting very simple. FZ10 camera with Phayee adapter + 62-58mm step down ring + Tokina Circular Polarizer.

F-stop ranging from f2.8 to f5.6, camera set to Aperture priority.

Zoom range between 1x to 12x.

 

[Howdy]

JD, nice shots. hope u have fun over there.
cheers

 

[JimDavis]

JD, nice shots. hope u have fun over there.
cheers

Thanks a lot!

Just managed to squeezed a little time after work to take some shots...not too much fun though, afterall, it is a biz trip, not for leisure.

 

[daden]

Setting very simple. FZ10 camera with Phayee adapter + 62-58mm step down ring + Tokina Circular Polarizer.

F-stop ranging from f2.8 to f5.6, camera set to Aperture priority.

Zoom range between 1x to 12x.

Thanks JD,
Still on the loooong learning curve with my 'newly' 2nd hand FZ20...
Very keen on landscape pics... but find it a bit difficult to make it focus sharp? How do you focus it? Could you tell me a bit more? Which part is your reference? Thanks

 

[JimDavis]

Thanks JD,
Still on the loooong learning curve with my 'newly' 2nd hand FZ20...
Very keen on landscape pics... but find it a bit difficult to make it focus sharp? How do you focus it? Could you tell me a bit more? Which part is your reference? Thanks

I normally set to Aperture priority, it all depends on what you are trying to achieve for landscape shots.

However, most of the time as you might be awared of, that you will need a polarizer for a bluer sky, keep the cam unzoom, and if you want 'everything clear', then you will have to set a high f-stop since that will give you a good DOF.

If you are taking things like macro, or close-up shots for flowers and so on, then you will need to set the f-stop to its smallest (in FZ10/FZ20 case, it will be f2.8), so that you will have a shallow DOF.

If you are including a human being in your shot, you might want to have an external flash with bounce card to act as fill flash, so that you can get the detailed feature of this human being...

Being said that, practices are the most important thing. I always believe that practice makes perfect.

Do try to understand your camera: It is a prosumer camera, so, you certainly need to practice the half-press focusing technique to achieve a good focus photos.