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OLS · 03-15-2013, 07:31 AM

OK Sharkie, here is what I see. It appears to be a late evening shot owing to the light on the deer's face,
so you were already somewhat under the gun for light at what I imagine is full zoom for the FZ28. Because
of the performance of those cameras in low light at full zoom, that is actually a fine shot. You can't be blamed
for the dead vegetation in late winter, and to get the deer in that kind of contrast required the grass to
get a little hot in exposure. The ONLY thing about that shot that I would do differently is MAYBE pan right
a hair to give the deer a little lookspace. But this is not TV, so in point of fact, it is also quite well-framed.
What you are experiencing is what anyone with a DSLR-bodied P&S is going through. You are chasing
what Panasonic cannot give you, and that is perfectly crisp low light photos.

I scoured the review pages in a hunt for the perfect performer in any light. It was only after looking
at a chart of sensor sizes did I understand the full range of what they had been hiding from me for
so long. The literature and tech-speak had me convinced they could actually do it. But the sensor is
about the size of a half a hit of acid. About the size of a pencil eraser. You are lucky, the FZ28 was
born before they tried to cram 14 Megapixels onto that tiny square.

What you can do with that photo is bump the contrast a little, bump the saturation a little, and put
a timy bit of blur on it to merge some of the fine noise grain. PM me, or better yet, see a few pages
back where Justin tried to offer me some software that fell off the back of a truck. Download said software
and PM me for any instructions on how to use it to accomplish those functions.

03-15-2013, 07:31 AM	#2005
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: Photography Thread OK Sharkie, here is what I see. It appears to be a late evening shot owing to the light on the deer's face, so you were already somewhat under the gun for light at what I imagine is full zoom for the FZ28. Because of the performance of those cameras in low light at full zoom, that is actually a fine shot. You can't be blamed for the dead vegetation in late winter, and to get the deer in that kind of contrast required the grass to get a little hot in exposure. The ONLY thing about that shot that I would do differently is MAYBE pan right a hair to give the deer a little lookspace. But this is not TV, so in point of fact, it is also quite well-framed. What you are experiencing is what anyone with a DSLR-bodied P&S is going through. You are chasing what Panasonic cannot give you, and that is perfectly crisp low light photos. I scoured the review pages in a hunt for the perfect performer in any light. It was only after looking at a chart of sensor sizes did I understand the full range of what they had been hiding from me for so long. The literature and tech-speak had me convinced they could actually do it. But the sensor is about the size of a half a hit of acid. About the size of a pencil eraser. You are lucky, the FZ28 was born before they tried to cram 14 Megapixels onto that tiny square. What you can do with that photo is bump the contrast a little, bump the saturation a little, and put a timy bit of blur on it to merge some of the fine noise grain. PM me, or better yet, see a few pages back where Justin tried to offer me some software that fell off the back of a truck. Download said software and PM me for any instructions on how to use it to accomplish those functions.