Comments on: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 (DMC-FT1) http://www.dphotojournal.com/panasonic-ts1-dmc-ft1-review-sample-photos-user-manual/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Simone http://www.dphotojournal.com/panasonic-ts1-dmc-ft1-review-sample-photos-user-manual/#comment-197257 Simone Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:18:42 +0000 http://www.dphotojournal.com/panasonic-ts1-dmc-ft1-review-sample-photos-user-manual/#comment-197257 I bought this camera as a second choice to my DSLR Nikon D40 + 18-200VR lens, to have a compact camera to bring with me everywhere. I read enthusiastic review throughout internet and I used it all the summer. Really terrific HD videos, very good resistance for dropping from belt height, good wide-tele extension, frontal LED very useful, zoom availability during video is very interesting and battery life is very good! But.. LCD display scratches very easily at beach, just after my first outing and under direct sunlight it behaves as a mirror instead as a viewer. About still pictures: colors are very poor an all the pictures are greenish, except for the sunset mode in which pictures have good saturation even if they are reddish. I had to retouch all the pictures in Photoshop to obtain good color, contrast and white balance! There are too many modalities which creates only confusion: the beginner will only use AUTO mode, while the pro will need much more freedom in setting all the parameters. Zoom lever is not smooth and with sands it easily block. Moreover, after two months, the battery compartment-door started having some leakage and now the camera in unusable. My suggestion is to try it and its competitors, useful links are: http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346778,00.asp# My final verdict is: it is not worth the money, definitely buy another model unless you only want good HD video performances I bought this camera as a second choice to my DSLR Nikon D40 + 18-200VR lens, to have a compact camera to bring with me everywhere.
I read enthusiastic review throughout internet and I used it all the summer.
Really terrific HD videos, very good resistance for dropping from belt height, good wide-tele extension, frontal LED very useful, zoom availability during video is very interesting and battery life is very good!
But.. LCD display scratches very easily at beach, just after my first outing and under direct sunlight it behaves as a mirror instead as a viewer.
About still pictures: colors are very poor an all the pictures are greenish, except for the sunset mode in which pictures have good saturation even if they are reddish.
I had to retouch all the pictures in Photoshop to obtain good color, contrast and white balance!
There are too many modalities which creates only confusion: the beginner will only use AUTO mode, while the pro will need much more freedom in setting all the parameters.
Zoom lever is not smooth and with sands it easily block.
Moreover, after two months, the battery compartment-door started having some leakage and now the camera in unusable.
My suggestion is to try it and its competitors, useful links are:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346778,00.asp#
My final verdict is: it is not worth the money, definitely buy another model unless you only want good HD video performances

]]> By: maxwell1950 http://www.dphotojournal.com/panasonic-ts1-dmc-ft1-review-sample-photos-user-manual/#comment-189103 maxwell1950 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:43:52 +0000 http://www.dphotojournal.com/panasonic-ts1-dmc-ft1-review-sample-photos-user-manual/#comment-189103 video is good, but focus wobbles in and out. Apparently there is no manual focus over-ride? Droplets on the lens could upset the focus?? Cant use AVCHD Lite with Pinnacle 12 video is good, but focus wobbles in and out.

Apparently there is no manual focus over-ride?

Droplets on the lens could upset the focus??

Cant use AVCHD Lite with Pinnacle 12

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