Down the pub sat by the pond with a pint and a new camera :)

[Rojin]

I've only just bought Lumix FZ30 (well a couple of weeks back) and it's my first "decent" camera so I don't have much to compare it to (had an optio-s previously). I must say that I still haven't a clue what I am doing, but I am enjoying filling up 2.5Gb of SD cards, even though the vast majority are rubbish!

Took a few down the pub the other day, just going through them now and a couple are half decent. Here's a few for now... Still haven't got the hang of re-sizing\cropping

This was at full zoom, handheld btw.

The sort of shot I was trying for, closest I got

 

[Rojin]

Ducks!

I need to get myself Neat Image or something to deal with the noise.

A duck showing off?! "Wheelspin"?

 

[robertgilbert86]

Nice, the zoom on that camera is pretty impressive.

Noiseware is pretty good to reduce the noise.

 

[Rojin]

Cheers, main reason I got it for the zoom. I was going to buy a 350d but was worried I might end up with an expensive gadget sat in the cupboard, so I went for this first. See if I like photography (and if I can actually take a picture!) and go from there

I'm trying to decide between Neat Image, Noise Ninja and Noiseware. Problem is there isn't really a clear winner!... doh!

 

[King_Boru]

Panasonic are producing some nice cameras. Mum has the FZ7 (?) the 1st one, looks like a brick. Produces some excelent images, as does yours. The early models were plagued with noise, looks like they have sorted it out, to an extent. See if you can fit a Circular Polarizer on there, it will help reduce the amout of shine/refelction from taking water shots. They can also add a certain amout depth to water aswell. I am sure the lens can take filters...?

king.

 

[Rojin]

Yup I'm putting together a list of "add-ons", first of all I'm trying to work out what they all do first!

 

[A5H]

I would recommend neatimage. But I've not tried any alternatives so can't comment really.
Nice shots Very impressive zoom!