I believe I still have panasonic lumix ZS10, with a broken zoom button (and vignetting screen) so I use touchscreen for zooming in and out. Support jpeg only, kinda soft+sandy even at 100 ISO, I don't know how to tweak that, lol. The battery is a main compromise, but overall it's fun, even has custom buttons, and full of a mixed memory.
I have two superzooms, one is an old Fuji S5600 and the other is a more recent Panasonic FZ. The Fuji uses AA batteries and that is its downfall as the battery latch has worn and pops open releasing the batteries on the floor! I like the superzooms for when I want to go light on my walks. I also take it with my dslrs and keep it handy for those opportunities that suddenly present themselves.
Hey! Can you believe I bought this camera now in 2022 and I am learning to love it? I tend to see many types of modern cameras on the internet, but it is very cheap, so I decided to buy the FZ35.
I have the same one. All my previos cameras stopped working...this one continues and it still takes great photos as long as you know how to use it. Cheap but legendary
I owned an FZ35 about 12 tears ago. I should have never sold it. It had an amazing Leica lens, and I took some of my best images ever with that camera. For $30 its time for me to own one again. Thanks for the video. Happy snappin'!
I really enjoyed every part of this video. The music, the editing, the way you spoke, the things you said and just the overall relaxing vibe of it. You have a new sub and a new fan 👍
I shot with the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 for nearly a decade until it finally kicked it after 100k pictures. I picked up a mint fz35 with basically every accessory made for it for $75 a few weeks ago and it’s been great. These toy superzooms truly are a fantastic tool to keep in your bag as they add zero weight and a ton of versatility. This will be coming with me to Italy next year and wherever my future travels take me. What has me most excited is I can main my Fuji xs10 with the 35mm f/1.4 without feeling limited like I am going to miss a special travel moment because of a lack of flexibility. Now I can whip this out when something else wide or far catches my eye. It’s really is the perfect lightweight travel setup that can handle everything from super low light, to wide angle, to long telephoto applications at right around 1kg of weight for both cameras and lenses combined!
Toy!? These are real cameras with Leica optics. All the mobilephone cameras are toys. With FZ35 you can take amazingly vivid pictures that looks 100% more natural than any A.I generated photo modern cameras rubs to your face. I have owned FZ35 for 15 years and it has original battery that took last summer 108 pictures and 20 videos in one day at a Zoo. The original battery lasted whole day without any issues. The camera is made in Japan. Not a toy mate, sorry for your delusion. All the entry level Nikon-Canon camera systems are the real toys. Panasonic FZ35 scores higher than the Nikon D3100. Also FZ35 supports RAW pictures. FZ35, FZ82, FZ300 all great extremely versatile TOOLS that only Panasonic can make.
Bridge cameras get no love from professionals namely because they can’t do everything a DSLR or a mirrorless camera can do and they struggle in low light. Today you can choose between a compact travel super zoom camera or a bridge camera and you can get both depending on where and what you’re looking to shoot. The bridge camera still has a place in 2024 snd despite its shortcomings, it can produce incredible pictures if you have a realistic expectation about its performance. For the price, you won’t be disappointed! 😊
I purchased my FZ-35 for about $275-285 back after it came out. Immediately missed my FZ-2 as it was so much simpler to operate. That FZ-2 did just fine, for the era, sharing macro shots on the web. Got away from photography for many years and have just gotten the 35 back out and plan to shoot the local big cruisin' show that is in my town for the week. Thanks for the good words. These Lumix with the stabilized Leica licensed lenses were great. Last I checked, they were up to the FZ-120. That was several years ago and way out of my budget. Thanks for the video.
hey there, I was wondering if you could please help me out I have this camera currently and its the only one I can afford right now. However, I seem to be having extreme difficulty getting it to focus on small objects :( I've launched a jewellery company and need high quality images but no matter how hard I try I jus can't seem to get this camera to focus enough to give me a crisp image. When I have the setting set to 'small objects/ close up, but when I hold the focus down with the object in the frame it gets a crisp image for a split second but won't stay there! I'm super frustrated, can you help please? thank you x
Thank you always for your great videos and info, I'm still shooting with my DMC-F5 and still loving it it's still my favorite I use it more than my 4 new cameras
Excellent, thoughtful and enjoyable as usual. There are so many older cameras out there that people can still enjoy and that yield good-great pics. Thanks for sharing. ...love the nature scenes & video. Be safe.
I found this camera at a Goodwill for 25 bucks like 2 years ago, I haven't learned to use it really well at this point but I'm going to make a mental note to use it more often.
I had a Panasonic FZ28 waaay back in like 2007-2008 i used for my web design class. it was super slow but it did take some really good photos and the colors that you'd get out of it were fantastic and indeed the lens was boat load sharper than nikon 18-200mm i got 4 years later.
I LOVE this camera. It is still my very favorite for travel. As post AI noise reduction gets better as per Luminar AI and DXO Pure Raw, these tiny sensor cameras with great and fast optics and incredibly versatile zoom ranges are going to get more and more useful. I particularly love this camera for street photography, I do a lot of candid street portraits. A bit of noise doesn't bother me and I love dramatic contrast with deep blacks. I also love depth of field, NOT BOKEH in street photography because it places my subjects in their true environment which is a big part of the tale. When my friends ask what camera should they buy to get into photography and can they do it for less than a grand, I laugh and recommend this camera for them to start to get their feet wet on.
There's so much you can do with this camera! Full manual controls. Great focal range for lots of different situations. Very good image quality for what it is. Yeah, learn on something like this and get great images before dropping a thousand bucks on something you don't know how to use yet haha.
@@saulorocha2592 You can get bokeh out of both cameras Saulo but only with high telephoto magnifications. In general bokeh is better and easier to get with cameras with larger sensors. Personally I care much more about deep focus than bokeh, even in portraits. Thus I love small sensor cameras like the FZ 35 and FZ 200. If you can get them for the same price I would take the FZ 200 for the fantastically fast Leica branded F2.8 lens at all focal lengths. Imagine a 600 mm lens for birding at F2.8 and with superb optical image stabilization? But if you shoot at 100 mm (equiv) even wide open at F 2.8 for portraits you won't get much in the way of bokeh 😞
@@diib5206 I use an SD card adapter. They are cheap and readily available at camera shops and on EBay. Or you can use a cable that came with the camera when it was new, but when you buy it used rarely comes with it.
I like Olympus Stylus 1s for daily carry which replaced previously used Olympus XZ-1. Cheap 12 Mpix raw + FHD superzoom with 28-300/2.8 stabilised lens. It used to be rather expensive top P&S model when it was introduced. And it fits into large pocket too. Great thing. It was like $150 year ago. Since that time it made 17k photos and considering the price, it was one of best investments in photo equipment I spent :). It can even be used as backup for Pentax DSLR for some less demanding shooting. And obviously great for bike trips as it is much smaller than K5/K3 with 18-135WR. And the older Olympus XZ-1 is a great small camera too.. 10 Mpix CCD with F1.8-2.5 lens. Perfect for pocket or to be placed in daily-carry work bag. (XZ-2 was improved with 12 Mpix CMOS and flippy screen.. nice camera too. Today easily about $100.)
Hey mate, nice video thank you. I picked up one that looks new at the recycling place near my home for AUD$6 bucks. I can't wait to shoot with it!. I have a Sony RX10 M4 and very impress with it. This is a very light camera, it came up with a 4GB SD card with images and I cannot believe the quality. Something nice to find treasures for $6 buck!, cameras are like clothes, sometimes you need to be dressed up, sometimes shorts and a t-shirt will do it! ...
hey after reading your comment u seem pretty knowledge about the camera do u know how to transfer pictures to a laptop, if your laptop doesnt have a sd card reader
Here I am in 2024, and I just picked up a like new FZ200 for $71 bucks at auction after my Nikon D7200 and Tamron 17-400mm lens got stolen. Just didn't want to shell out big bucks anymore again. I'm glad I decided to look for older tech, I love this camera!
I really appreciate your down to earth camera videos. As you have said in some videos, there are channels that will lead you to believe that you cannot achieve any success unless you have the latest full frame mirrorless camera and a super fast set of zooms and primes. Nonsense. Your channel for (mainly) Pentax and Arthur R for Sony always stress that good gear is nice but affordable gear is where it is at. Well done, keep up the great videos.
Recently I rediscovered my FZ48 which still is really big fun to use. Zoom range even up to 720mm (equiv), but Panasonic had cropped the raw-mode at this model. There's worse! As long as you don't crank up the iso over 400, the pics are really OK to good. Thanks for all the interesting videos!!! 🙂
I have a Panasonic FZ 28 which is very usable. I borrowed my daughters Kodak FZ 712 for a Texas trip {small and light). It had barrel distortion at wide angle but otherwise has very impressive picture quality. Ebay $17 when i returned home. Keep on snapping.
I bought the FZ35 new shortly after it came out and used it to shoot countless vacations and family holiday gatherings. At some point I took to shooting with my android phone and put the FZ35 on the shelf. Can't say I've ever been impressed with cell phone photo and video - it's just the camera I have in my pocket. Shooting photos with a phone just seems brain-dead to me, considering my first real camera was an Olympus OM-1 35mm with a bag full of lenses to play with - and developing my own B&W film. Photography used to be so much fun. Next summer we're taking a cruise to Alaska and I've been thinking about a camera for the trip - we want better than cell phone photography but don't want to pop for a mirrorless 4K photo video rig. Remembered the FZ35 and have been reacquainting myself with it and the quality stills it captures. I really don't see myself capturing a lot of video on the cruise ship or around town - I'm more happy with nice stills. Thanks for reaffirming the FZ35 - looks like it's going to make the trip with us. The money I save on buying a new camera can be put toward some cheesy souvenirs. ;^)
So when i took a trip to Paris, London and Iceland last year, i brought my canon m50 as well as an older canon point and shoot, the sx280 hs. I found that I would use the M50 with a kit lens for anything wide but then use the point and shoot to zoom way in on stuff and get some nice telephoto video. Only problem was I was constantly switching between the 2. I got an FZ300 off keh so I could have one camera to do it all and have less to carry while traveling. Unfortunately I haven't been able to do a lot of travel thus year for some reason.
I haven't played with the fz300 but it looks like a banger for the price. I had the slightly lower zoom range fz1000, and it was way nice. Sweet camera. Like this fz35 but all the advancements over the years.
Yeah, lumix cameras (at least the ones I've used) always seem to be very practical work horses. Offering very useful features even in lower end cameras. You should try doing one of these videos with a straight up point and shoot and see what you get.
Great video! My primary camera is a Vamon SC 530HS. Has a 35mm equivalent lemse of 24-1200mm. I paid $75 out the door. I also brace the old camera mentality. I usually pay mo more than $100 for a camera. They are usually around 7-10 years old and still very capable of great pictures amd video.
Great video. Real talent here. Dumb me cannot get my videos off the internal memory of the Panasonic FZ35. I put in an SD card, the vids go to an internal memory. For some reason it is not as simple as plugging it into a USB to PC and copying off. At least, when I tried years ago. Well today I filmed some amazing stuff and have to share with the world. This aggression must cease! Got to figure out how to get these videos off this Lumix! Any help from anyone appreciated.
You just answered why I drive around with my Pentax * istDL a tweny dollar camera that takes good pictures for little money . All the lenses I carry with the camera are used except the original Kit lenses(18-50) my Sigma 28-70 4.0- 5.6 , my Pentax 50mm2.0 and my Pentax 135 3.5 all bought cheap except the Pentax * istDL I bought new in 2005
Some time ago I was thinking about K100Ds with Sig 17-70/2.8-4.5 that I'll be able to leave at work locked in my cabinet. But then Olympus Stylus 1s won as it can be carried everywhere all the time while it provides better images in most cases (except veryshallow depth of field) :)
I like a lot of older cameras. I've had the fz7, fz30, fz35, fz70, fz80, fz200, fz300 fz1000, fz2500, and the G7, G85, G100, and I've had the zs50, zs60. I like the G85 the most. of the old ones I like the Fz35 the most and the fz2500 is also great.
Haha, I have a legendary drawer too! And it's getting pretty full! When my wife opens it she makes a face, but I tell her to shut the drawer and forget about it. That's what makes the drawer so nice :)
Excellent photo philosophy! These small sensor cameras are super fun! There is an English RUclipsr, Graham Houghton, who is a pro photographer who has an excellent series of videos for getting the most out of these cameras. The small sensor photo you get is always better than the one you missed because you did not want to risk your "Good" camera!
Thank you. Will have to look him up. Never gotten the good photo with a DSLR, as you said, as I didn't want to carry it with me on my day job (was a land surveyor for many years and saw a ton of wildlife.)
@@HamiltonSRink Will try that one. Have always enjoyed the simplicity of Irfan View. Bought an iBook back before they switched to Intel, and there was absolutely no simple program for photos for OSX. One of several reasons I left Apple for good.
I bet! I had a lot of fun going through my images from 2012. Helped remind me not to get too caught up in the latest and greatest and just enjoy shooting what I got.
I have the DMC-FZ28, and have owned it a long time. I use it exclusively to snap pics of things I'm selling online still to this day. Always liked the colors of the shots it produces. For this application, it's not been worth it for me to upgrade or sell it, so I end up just using it and using it.
From what I understand the only way you could use it as a webcam would be with a capture card. Panasonic did release a new utility to do webcam natively but it only works with their newer cameras from what I've heard.
Just bought an FZ18 and FZ28 for £20 the pair. If I drop them, I'll be annoyed with myself but not financially ruined. My first camera was an FZ1000II (after using point & shoots or phones) and now I have a fleet of Lumix & Canon cameras, all with their own unique characters.
Still have my FZ40 camera, was looking to replace just 12 months or so ago and the guy at the photography shop told me for what I use it for, do not replace it as there is nothing wrong with it. I was actually looking for a more compact one like I had owned prior that took fantastic macro photos which are my favourite shots to take. I just find the FZ40 loses clarity and the images are not as sharp as I would prefer them to be.
Amazing landscape, I remember my DA L 55-300, it works well in a sunny day but unfortunately I have few chances to shoot wildlife (sigh). Amazing video as usual💪
I have a soft spot for the DMC-FZ20 (U.K) that was handed down to me. 5MPs definitely isn't practical today but the images they take are usually great but do lack in dynamic range. I have an EOS R now but I still might buy an FZ20 or a later model in the future when I need to travel light.
Yeah! When I first moved here I was struggling to figure out what to shoot because the landscape and wildlife is so different. But found out birding is big here for a reason! Just getting into it and don't know a lot, but its fun.
Some days ago, I just founded my old DMC-FZ5 I bought back in 2005. At first I look at and think...."well so many years on the dust...the battery sure is dead and it will not turning on". Nope....a bit of juice on the charger and it still works 😁 It's only 5MP....on today's standers....is not very great, but it still have a capable zoom to do some shots far away 🙂
You should check out Tamron or Sigma 18 to 250mm super zooms for your Pentax gears. I believe the best version is the Sigma 18 to 250, but since they are super zooms you know what you are getting (compromises), but you have that versatility, and you can always fix a lot of these compromises in post.
@snappiness Ahhhh... Memories. FZ-7, 8 , 18, 28 were my dream when I was a student, but their price back then was above anything I could buy. However... I had something very cool: Yakumo 410. Contrast on that thing is amazing, and it can macro up to objects that are stuck on the lens?! If you find it - buy it!
I use a few different places to find used camera gear. usedphotopro, keh, ebay, offerUp, mercari, craigslist and facebook marketplace. If there is something specific I am looking for I usually put out auto alerts on those different channels to let me know if someone lists one and I go check it out.
I bought an FZ200, some months ago, made a few dozen keepers and now I'm thinking of selling it. I use Rawtherapee for RW2 raw files btw. It's super neat - the zoom range, 1080p video.. all that, but I just can't get over the weight of the camera. My other camera is a Pentax K-5, for context. The Lumix is just too lightweight for my taste.
I have a Panasonic super zoom its 20mm to I think 1200mm at the very long end its soft but even half way that's 600mm its still good. I won't say its as good as a 600mm prime lens but I'm happy with it.
I've still got my Fujifilm Finepix HS10, I don't take it out often mind you. It's got great zoom range, 30x, it has image stabilisation and shoots raw. For a small 10mp sensor the results are pretty great.
Nice! For some situations I'd rather take my bigger and nicer cameras, but can't beat the convenience of the superzoom. Wouldn't have been able to get half the pictures I got in the last month without being able to carry it so readily with me on hikes and bike rides.
@@snappiness They are definitely convenient and they have there place. For me though I can't see me using one other than for the nostalgia or novelty factor. For convenience, I prefer my RX100 or even just my phone. The Huawei P30 Pro takes fantastic images and it produces usable images up to a 10x zoom. I suppose neither of those options are great if I was looking to photograph wildlife, but in those cases, where I know that's my aim, I take out the KP and the 55-300mm lens. I bought a small Fujifilm Finepix F500 GXR a while ago, it's another fun little camera. It's got a 15x zoom and a slightly larger sensor than your normal point and shoot or bridge camera. It takes a little getting used to but the images are pretty good straight out of camera.
Closest thing I have is my pocketable Sony HX-90V. It's only good in bright daylight and very well lit rooms. In dark conditions, I'm stuck using it at the widest end. I probably could do moon shots with it if I throw the EV about -2 and stick it for maybe 20 seconds at ISO 100, I'm just guessing... never tried it. But in daylight the superzoom end (up to 720mm FF equiv) works well for me.
Having that zoom range in your pocket is pretty sweet. You'd be surprised about shooting the moon. It's so bright that you'll end up with a high enough shutter speed to handhold, maybe. It's nightscapes with a moon in the background that get tricky because you want to see the foreground to be light and the moon. Usually a multiple exposure and blending works best.
I have the FZ28, which is 10mp, so happy with results, bizarrely although it has 2mp less and is older, it seems optically better, certainly in side by side comparisons than the FZ35.Check online comparisons.
I have never shot it before but I love Canon point and shoots, so I assume their superzooms are really nice as well. Always been happy with Canon image quality.
I have one of these. Lcd broken, but i still can use the viewfinder... Infortunely now the camera returns me the OIS error and i don't know how to fix it :(
The fz200 is better in every way, if they were around the same price I'd go with that one! You can get bokeh if you stand back and zoom in tight. It's a little difficult for portraits because that's not a normal working distance usually, but it is possible. If that was your primary photographic subject I'd recommend a cheap APSC DSLR and a cheap nifty 50.
I am looking for the Canon G3X. It is not "cheap" but I was amazed by the zoom range, weather sealing, IBIS and Canon Kodak. Crazy that nobody is having this in mind these days. Prices are dropping :)
Hadn't heard of that one, looks nice! I've never owned a premium Canon point and shoot, Just cheap ones, but based on my experience with Canon, you can trust their image and video quality out of those guys.
@@snappiness I just tested it a while ago. I was using my 50mm fixed lens on a film camera and we went to the zoo. My buddy had the Canon and when he zoomed out 25x times right into the lions face, I was convinced it is a good camera. Also weather sealing is super important for me as it is constantly raining in Germany :D
I have one of these collecting dust. The problem is I don't have the battery charger. Is the battery supposed to charge from the dc port on the camera? I'm not sure if my battery is toast or it's just not meant to charge that way.
after a week of using this camera, i figured almost everything out but my question is how do u transfer pictures from camera to laptop ? please i need help
Does your laptop have an SD card reader? If so, pop the SD card out and stick it in there. If not, you have two options: either buy a USB SD card reader ($10) or buy a USB cable to plug into the camera itself ($10).
@@snappiness my laptop doesn’t have an SD card reader, and for USB do you have any Amazon recommendations? Because the camera uses a different type of USB cable. Thank you for responding!
@@snappiness both of you are my favourite now and I enjoy both of your videos. Also I have no cameras and money to buy one, but I use my mobile phone for photography. But still I find your videos amazing.
@@indestructiblesalman6129 If I didn't have a camera, I'd use my phone. That's the point, just use what ya got. I'm always inspired by people who don't let little things like that hold them back. Way to go.
I recently bought an FZ200 (just as an ‘out and about ) camera and my images don’t come out as well as yours .. but it’s always overcast and or raining here in the UK 🙄... anyway, enough moaning, liked and subbed 👍
Haha, yeah I could imagine that being annoying. It's been dreary the last two weeks here. Just the season I guess. Makes taking photos around the trails a little more challenging. Thanks 👍
I had FZ30 many years ago. It was good camera, but only in good light condition. ISO 200 and ISO 400 sensitivity produced unusable images with too much noise. I sold it and bought Pentax K100.
I have the FZ38. UK version. Great travel camera. Lightweight and plenty of Automatic and Manual options. Ok, quality probably not as good as a DSLR, but great for capturing holidays and travel etc.
my dude, your content is outstanding but your voice messes me up. Its like a wall of phlegm. Please do not take offence to this I'm an idiot. Thankfully auto captions exist. carry on you legend.
For those who would like to see for themselves what the Pany FZ- 35 can do in travel/ candid street photography, here it is. flic.kr/s/aHsmxoRMgf Comments welcome :-)
@@snappiness Thank you. After coming from 50 years of shooting film I was just trying to show people that they can do satisfying photography with pretty much any digital camera. I have found that when it comes to carrying around one simple lightweight camera that covers a multitude of needs it is hard to beat the Pany FZ- 35. Of course everything depends on the type of photography you do.
I loved that photo at 3.11. I mean, what kind of a weird mind chops off the head of a deer, and then lays it on the ground, head up .., all to give the impression that it's really a deer lying down, and looking around.
There is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 near where I live for $70, is it worthy? Please help me I want to start in the photography world but I don´t know a lot about cameras, so please coment your opinion :)
Where are you from and what currency? Here where I am at I am seeing them cheaper on eBay, like $40 USD. That's more what I would expect. It's a good camera. I remember when it came out. But I wouldn't pay $70 for it.
@@snappiness I'm from Mexico and here is $1500 MXN wich is like $75 USD You right maybe I should wait maybe it gets cheaper. Anyway thank you, you gain a new subscriber! 🙏🏼😁
Who all is shooting with superzooms??
I am going take out my old sony r1 soon. Still does great black and white. Love my fz1000 but that is a bit newer
My Sony f828 sends greetings! :) Thank you for this great video!
I have one, amongst my many other cameras. What one I take out really just depends on what mood I'm in that day.
I believe I still have panasonic lumix ZS10, with a broken zoom button (and vignetting screen) so I use touchscreen for zooming in and out. Support jpeg only, kinda soft+sandy even at 100 ISO, I don't know how to tweak that, lol.
The battery is a main compromise, but overall it's fun, even has custom buttons, and full of a mixed memory.
I have two superzooms, one is an old Fuji S5600 and the other is a more recent Panasonic FZ. The Fuji uses AA batteries and that is its downfall as the battery latch has worn and pops open releasing the batteries on the floor! I like the superzooms for when I want to go light on my walks. I also take it with my dslrs and keep it handy for those opportunities that suddenly present themselves.
Hey! Can you believe I bought this camera now in 2022 and I am learning to love it? I tend to see many types of modern cameras on the internet, but it is very cheap, so I decided to buy the FZ35.
I have the same one. All my previos cameras stopped working...this one continues and it still takes great photos as long as you know how to use it. Cheap but legendary
Loved the humor and the music in this one. Also, thanks for bringing this camera back to the forefront
I owned an FZ35 about 12 tears ago. I should have never sold it. It had an amazing Leica lens, and I took some of my best images ever with that camera. For $30 its time for me to own one again. Thanks for the video. Happy snappin'!
I really enjoyed every part of this video. The music, the editing, the way you spoke, the things you said and just the overall relaxing vibe of it. You have a new sub and a new fan 👍
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know :)
I shot with the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 for nearly a decade until it finally kicked it after 100k pictures. I picked up a mint fz35 with basically every accessory made for it for $75 a few weeks ago and it’s been great. These toy superzooms truly are a fantastic tool to keep in your bag as they add zero weight and a ton of versatility. This will be coming with me to Italy next year and wherever my future travels take me.
What has me most excited is I can main my Fuji xs10 with the 35mm f/1.4 without feeling limited like I am going to miss a special travel moment because of a lack of flexibility. Now I can whip this out when something else wide or far catches my eye. It’s really is the perfect lightweight travel setup that can handle everything from super low light, to wide angle, to long telephoto applications at right around 1kg of weight for both cameras and lenses combined!
Toy!? These are real cameras with Leica optics. All the mobilephone cameras are toys. With FZ35 you can take amazingly vivid pictures that looks 100% more natural than any A.I generated photo modern cameras rubs to your face. I have owned FZ35 for 15 years and it has original battery that took last summer 108 pictures and 20 videos in one day at a Zoo. The original battery lasted whole day without any issues. The camera is made in Japan. Not a toy mate, sorry for your delusion. All the entry level Nikon-Canon camera systems are the real toys. Panasonic FZ35 scores higher than the Nikon D3100. Also FZ35 supports RAW pictures. FZ35, FZ82, FZ300 all great extremely versatile TOOLS that only Panasonic can make.
My fz35 is 12yrs+ old... Still my best buddy..
Bridge cameras get no love from professionals namely because they can’t do everything a DSLR or a mirrorless camera can do and they struggle in low light. Today you can choose between a compact travel super zoom camera or a bridge camera and you can get both depending on where and what you’re looking to shoot. The bridge camera still has a place in 2024 snd despite its shortcomings, it can produce incredible pictures if you have a realistic expectation about its performance. For the price, you won’t be disappointed! 😊
I'm still using the original FZ-1 20 years later. The 12x zoom Leica lens is just superb and so much fun. Perfect for zoo photography.
You are living proof it is the eye, not the gear, that takes great images.
Second video I’ve seen recently talking about this era of LUMIX FZ models. Good recommendation!
Thank you for virtuous lesson, I'll keep it as a beginner in my photography journey.
I purchased my FZ-35 for about $275-285 back after it came out. Immediately missed my FZ-2 as it was so much simpler to operate. That FZ-2 did just fine, for the era, sharing macro shots on the web. Got away from photography for many years and have just gotten the 35 back out and plan to shoot the local big cruisin' show that is in my town for the week. Thanks for the good words. These Lumix with the stabilized Leica licensed lenses were great. Last I checked, they were up to the FZ-120. That was several years ago and way out of my budget. Thanks for the video.
hey there, I was wondering if you could please help me out I have this camera currently and its the only one I can afford right now. However, I seem to be having extreme difficulty getting it to focus on small objects :( I've launched a jewellery company and need high quality images but no matter how hard I try I jus can't seem to get this camera to focus enough to give me a crisp image. When I have the setting set to 'small objects/ close up, but when I hold the focus down with the object in the frame it gets a crisp image for a split second but won't stay there! I'm super frustrated, can you help please? thank you x
Thank you always for your great videos and info, I'm still shooting with my DMC-F5 and still loving it it's still my favorite I use it more than my 4 new cameras
I have this one too
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Excellent, thoughtful and enjoyable as usual. There are so many older cameras out there that people can still enjoy and that yield good-great pics. Thanks for sharing. ...love the nature scenes & video. Be safe.
Thanks, you too!
I found this camera at a Goodwill for 25 bucks like 2 years ago, I haven't learned to use it really well at this point but I'm going to make a mental note to use it more often.
I had a Panasonic FZ28 waaay back in like 2007-2008 i used for my web design class. it was super slow but it did take some really good photos and the colors that you'd get out of it were fantastic and indeed the lens was boat load sharper than nikon 18-200mm i got 4 years later.
Yeah thats an insane deal. Awesome find! Great photos too.
I LOVE this camera. It is still my very favorite for travel. As post AI noise reduction gets better as per Luminar AI and DXO Pure Raw, these tiny sensor cameras with great and fast optics and incredibly versatile zoom ranges are going to get more and more useful. I particularly love this camera for street photography, I do a lot of candid street portraits. A bit of noise doesn't bother me and I love dramatic contrast with deep blacks. I also love depth of field, NOT BOKEH in street photography because it places my subjects in their true environment which is a big part of the tale. When my friends ask what camera should they buy to get into photography and can they do it for less than a grand, I laugh and recommend this camera for them to start to get their feet wet on.
There's so much you can do with this camera! Full manual controls. Great focal range for lots of different situations. Very good image quality for what it is. Yeah, learn on something like this and get great images before dropping a thousand bucks on something you don't know how to use yet haha.
Can I take easily bokeh portraits with this camera? And what about fz200? If I found both cameras at almost same price, which d u recommend?
@@saulorocha2592 You can get bokeh out of both cameras Saulo but only with high telephoto magnifications. In general bokeh is better and easier to get with cameras with larger sensors. Personally I care much more about deep focus than bokeh, even in portraits. Thus I love small sensor cameras like the FZ 35 and FZ 200. If you can get them for the same price I would take the FZ 200 for the fantastically fast Leica branded F2.8 lens at all focal lengths. Imagine a 600 mm lens for birding at F2.8 and with superb optical image stabilization? But if you shoot at 100 mm (equiv) even wide open at F 2.8 for portraits you won't get much in the way of bokeh 😞
how do u transfer the picture from camera to laptop?
@@diib5206 I use an SD card adapter. They are cheap and readily available at camera shops and on EBay. Or you can use a cable that came with the camera when it was new, but when you buy it used rarely comes with it.
I like Olympus Stylus 1s for daily carry which replaced previously used Olympus XZ-1. Cheap 12 Mpix raw + FHD superzoom with 28-300/2.8 stabilised lens. It used to be rather expensive top P&S model when it was introduced. And it fits into large pocket too. Great thing. It was like $150 year ago. Since that time it made 17k photos and considering the price, it was one of best investments in photo equipment I spent :). It can even be used as backup for Pentax DSLR for some less demanding shooting. And obviously great for bike trips as it is much smaller than K5/K3 with 18-135WR.
And the older Olympus XZ-1 is a great small camera too.. 10 Mpix CCD with F1.8-2.5 lens. Perfect for pocket or to be placed in daily-carry work bag. (XZ-2 was improved with 12 Mpix CMOS and flippy screen.. nice camera too. Today easily about $100.)
Woah, that Stylus 1 looks sweet! What a nice find. That XZ-1 seems nice too, and super cheap when I looked just now on eBay!
Hey mate, nice video thank you. I picked up one that looks new at the recycling place near my home for AUD$6 bucks. I can't wait to shoot with it!. I have a Sony RX10 M4 and very impress with it. This is a very light camera, it came up with a 4GB SD card with images and I cannot believe the quality. Something nice to find treasures for $6 buck!, cameras are like clothes, sometimes you need to be dressed up, sometimes shorts and a t-shirt will do it! ...
hey after reading your comment u seem pretty knowledge about the camera do u know how to transfer pictures to a laptop, if your laptop doesnt have a sd card reader
Here I am in 2024, and I just picked up a like new FZ200 for $71 bucks at auction after my Nikon D7200 and Tamron 17-400mm lens got stolen. Just didn't want to shell out big bucks anymore again. I'm glad I decided to look for older tech, I love this camera!
I really appreciate your down to earth camera videos. As you have said in some videos, there are channels that will lead you to believe that you cannot achieve any success unless you have the latest full frame mirrorless camera and a super fast set of zooms and primes. Nonsense. Your channel for (mainly) Pentax and Arthur R for Sony always stress that good gear is nice but affordable gear is where it is at. Well done, keep up the great videos.
Thanks, that means a lot! I want to pass that message along because it's easy to forget with all the marketing going on.
Recently I rediscovered my FZ48 which still is really big fun to use. Zoom range even up to 720mm (equiv), but Panasonic had cropped the raw-mode at this model. There's worse! As long as you don't crank up the iso over 400, the pics are really OK to good.
Thanks for all the interesting videos!!! 🙂
I have a Panasonic FZ 28 which is very usable. I borrowed my daughters Kodak FZ 712 for a Texas trip {small and light). It had barrel distortion at wide angle but otherwise has very impressive picture quality. Ebay $17 when i returned home. Keep on snapping.
I got my wife a DMC-FZ5 and it still takes a good pic two decades later.
I bought the FZ35 new shortly after it came out and used it to shoot countless vacations and family holiday gatherings. At some point I took to shooting with my android phone and put the FZ35 on the shelf. Can't say I've ever been impressed with cell phone photo and video - it's just the camera I have in my pocket. Shooting photos with a phone just seems brain-dead to me, considering my first real camera was an Olympus OM-1 35mm with a bag full of lenses to play with - and developing my own B&W film. Photography used to be so much fun. Next summer we're taking a cruise to Alaska and I've been thinking about a camera for the trip - we want better than cell phone photography but don't want to pop for a mirrorless 4K photo video rig. Remembered the FZ35 and have been reacquainting myself with it and the quality stills it captures. I really don't see myself capturing a lot of video on the cruise ship or around town - I'm more happy with nice stills. Thanks for reaffirming the FZ35 - looks like it's going to make the trip with us. The money I save on buying a new camera can be put toward some cheesy souvenirs. ;^)
awesome video. there are a lot of good cameras out there that are forgotten.
So when i took a trip to Paris, London and Iceland last year, i brought my canon m50 as well as an older canon point and shoot, the sx280 hs. I found that I would use the M50 with a kit lens for anything wide but then use the point and shoot to zoom way in on stuff and get some nice telephoto video. Only problem was I was constantly switching between the 2. I got an FZ300 off keh so I could have one camera to do it all and have less to carry while traveling. Unfortunately I haven't been able to do a lot of travel thus year for some reason.
I haven't played with the fz300 but it looks like a banger for the price. I had the slightly lower zoom range fz1000, and it was way nice. Sweet camera. Like this fz35 but all the advancements over the years.
Yeah, lumix cameras (at least the ones I've used) always seem to be very practical work horses. Offering very useful features even in lower end cameras.
You should try doing one of these videos with a straight up point and shoot and see what you get.
@@chrizzz My first digital camera was a point and shoot I shot forever, that would be a fun video!
Great video! My primary camera is a Vamon SC 530HS. Has a 35mm equivalent lemse of 24-1200mm. I paid $75 out the door.
I also brace the old camera mentality. I usually pay mo more than $100 for a camera. They are usually around 7-10 years old and still very capable of great pictures amd video.
Great video. Real talent here. Dumb me cannot get my videos off the internal memory of the Panasonic FZ35. I put in an SD card, the vids go to an internal memory. For some reason it is not as simple as plugging it into a USB to PC and copying off. At least, when I tried years ago. Well today I filmed some amazing stuff and have to share with the world. This aggression must cease! Got to figure out how to get these videos off this Lumix! Any help from anyone appreciated.
You just answered why I drive around with my Pentax * istDL a tweny dollar camera that takes good pictures for little money . All the lenses I carry with the camera are used except the original Kit lenses(18-50) my Sigma 28-70 4.0- 5.6 , my Pentax 50mm2.0 and my Pentax 135 3.5 all bought cheap except the Pentax * istDL I bought new in 2005
Some time ago I was thinking about K100Ds with Sig 17-70/2.8-4.5 that I'll be able to leave at work locked in my cabinet. But then Olympus Stylus 1s won as it can be carried everywhere all the time while it provides better images in most cases (except veryshallow depth of field) :)
I like a lot of older cameras. I've had the fz7, fz30, fz35, fz70, fz80, fz200, fz300 fz1000, fz2500, and the G7, G85, G100, and I've had the zs50, zs60. I like the G85 the most. of the old ones I like the Fz35 the most and the fz2500 is also great.
Enjoyed this offering Snapppy - going to rummage in my bottom drawer!
Haha, I have a legendary drawer too! And it's getting pretty full! When my wife opens it she makes a face, but I tell her to shut the drawer and forget about it. That's what makes the drawer so nice :)
Excellent photo philosophy! These small sensor cameras are super fun! There is an English RUclipsr, Graham Houghton, who is a pro photographer who has an excellent series of videos for getting the most out of these cameras. The small sensor photo you get is always better than the one you missed because you did not want to risk your "Good" camera!
Thank you. Will have to look him up. Never gotten the good photo with a DSLR, as you said, as I didn't want to carry it with me on my day job (was a land surveyor for many years and saw a ton of wildlife.)
When you find his channel, search it for videos on the Lumix FZ80 and or FZ300.
@@HamiltonSRink I have an fz35
@@ravenfn831 Good fun with the Adobe Photoshop Express software available as a free download for windows. My go to software these days!
@@HamiltonSRink Will try that one. Have always enjoyed the simplicity of Irfan View. Bought an iBook back before they switched to Intel, and there was absolutely no simple program for photos for OSX. One of several reasons I left Apple for good.
My old dsc h50 images I took 12 years ago still look great.!
I bet! I had a lot of fun going through my images from 2012. Helped remind me not to get too caught up in the latest and greatest and just enjoy shooting what I got.
Was researching whether I should buy a a fz10 and came across this video. I may be starting to think like you. Don’t know if that’s good or bad.
I have the DMC-FZ28, and have owned it a long time. I use it exclusively to snap pics of things I'm selling online still to this day. Always liked the colors of the shots it produces. For this application, it's not been worth it for me to upgrade or sell it, so I end up just using it and using it.
Found it at a FleaMarket still have to get a sd card and a battery but still excited to use
I got the photography bug using a panny fz5. Off to eBay I think!
Love you bring back the old stuff. Will this be a good camera for a webcam?
From what I understand the only way you could use it as a webcam would be with a capture card. Panasonic did release a new utility to do webcam natively but it only works with their newer cameras from what I've heard.
@@snappiness thanks. So possible or not even using a capture card?
I just got one as well as the fz1000, the fz35 is so slow in comparison, but super light and fun!
Just bought an FZ18 and FZ28 for £20 the pair. If I drop them, I'll be annoyed with myself but not financially ruined. My first camera was an FZ1000II (after using point & shoots or phones) and now I have a fleet of Lumix & Canon cameras, all with their own unique characters.
SUPER SWEET CAMERA. FUN FUN FUN
Just bought this as my first camera after watching your video ! Can you please make a video on the basics of the camera
Still have my FZ40 camera, was looking to replace just 12 months or so ago and the guy at the photography shop told me for what I use it for, do not replace it as there is nothing wrong with it. I was actually looking for a more compact one like I had owned prior that took fantastic macro photos which are my favourite shots to take. I just find the FZ40 loses clarity and the images are not as sharp as I would prefer them to be.
Amazing landscape, I remember my DA L 55-300, it works well in a sunny day but unfortunately I have few chances to shoot wildlife (sigh). Amazing video as usual💪
Thanks!
Very nice closing sentiment :)
Just got one for 38 euro. Great little camera
Where did you buy it? Old cameras are still 4-500 dollars
I have a soft spot for the DMC-FZ20 (U.K) that was handed down to me. 5MPs definitely isn't practical today but the images they take are usually great but do lack in dynamic range. I have an EOS R now but I still might buy an FZ20 or a later model in the future when I need to travel light.
Cool variety of birds there
Yeah! When I first moved here I was struggling to figure out what to shoot because the landscape and wildlife is so different. But found out birding is big here for a reason! Just getting into it and don't know a lot, but its fun.
Some days ago, I just founded my old DMC-FZ5 I bought back in 2005.
At first I look at and think...."well so many years on the dust...the battery sure is dead and it will not turning on".
Nope....a bit of juice on the charger and it still works 😁
It's only 5MP....on today's standers....is not very great, but it still have a capable zoom to do some shots far away 🙂
Amazing how little CA on full zoom
Yes! I thought so too. Better than many zooms I have used on my DSLRs.
after seeing this i think i will start using the old camera i have never given it a chance
You should check out Tamron or Sigma 18 to 250mm super zooms for your Pentax gears. I believe the best version is the Sigma 18 to 250, but since they are super zooms you know what you are getting (compromises), but you have that versatility, and you can always fix a lot of these compromises in post.
@snappiness Ahhhh... Memories. FZ-7, 8 , 18, 28 were my dream when I was a student, but their price back then was above anything I could buy.
However... I had something very cool: Yakumo 410.
Contrast on that thing is amazing, and it can macro up to objects that are stuck on the lens?!
If you find it - buy it!
Excellent video, i have a question, what page do you use to buy?
I use a few different places to find used camera gear. usedphotopro, keh, ebay, offerUp, mercari, craigslist and facebook marketplace. If there is something specific I am looking for I usually put out auto alerts on those different channels to let me know if someone lists one and I go check it out.
Thank you
I bought an FZ200, some months ago, made a few dozen keepers and now I'm thinking of selling it. I use Rawtherapee for RW2 raw files btw. It's super neat - the zoom range, 1080p video.. all that, but I just can't get over the weight of the camera. My other camera is a Pentax K-5, for context. The Lumix is just too lightweight for my taste.
I have a Panasonic super zoom its 20mm to I think 1200mm at the very long end its soft but even half way that's 600mm its still good. I won't say its as good as a 600mm prime lens but I'm happy with it.
Купил недавно,fz 38 за 20 баксов.Прикупил аккумулятор за 6.Пробую.Пока нравися,цветопередача и оптика не плоха.😊
is fz47 better than fz38? i heard that fz47 does not have raw format...
I've still got my Fujifilm Finepix HS10, I don't take it out often mind you. It's got great zoom range, 30x, it has image stabilisation and shoots raw. For a small 10mp sensor the results are pretty great.
Really
Nice! For some situations I'd rather take my bigger and nicer cameras, but can't beat the convenience of the superzoom. Wouldn't have been able to get half the pictures I got in the last month without being able to carry it so readily with me on hikes and bike rides.
@@snappiness They are definitely convenient and they have there place. For me though I can't see me using one other than for the nostalgia or novelty factor. For convenience, I prefer my RX100 or even just my phone. The Huawei P30 Pro takes fantastic images and it produces usable images up to a 10x zoom. I suppose neither of those options are great if I was looking to photograph wildlife, but in those cases, where I know that's my aim, I take out the KP and the 55-300mm lens. I bought a small Fujifilm Finepix F500 GXR a while ago, it's another fun little camera. It's got a 15x zoom and a slightly larger sensor than your normal point and shoot or bridge camera. It takes a little getting used to but the images are pretty good straight out of camera.
Closest thing I have is my pocketable Sony HX-90V. It's only good in bright daylight and very well lit rooms. In dark conditions, I'm stuck using it at the widest end.
I probably could do moon shots with it if I throw the EV about -2 and stick it for maybe 20 seconds at ISO 100, I'm just guessing... never tried it. But in daylight the superzoom end (up to 720mm FF equiv) works well for me.
Having that zoom range in your pocket is pretty sweet. You'd be surprised about shooting the moon. It's so bright that you'll end up with a high enough shutter speed to handhold, maybe. It's nightscapes with a moon in the background that get tricky because you want to see the foreground to be light and the moon. Usually a multiple exposure and blending works best.
I have the FZ28, which is 10mp, so happy with results, bizarrely although it has 2mp less and is older, it seems optically better, certainly in side by side comparisons than the FZ35.Check online comparisons.
Olá, tudo bem?
Poderia me dizer em quais configurações você tirou essas fotografias?
What's your opinion about canon PowerShoot SX720 HS?
I have never shot it before but I love Canon point and shoots, so I assume their superzooms are really nice as well. Always been happy with Canon image quality.
I have one of these. Lcd broken, but i still can use the viewfinder... Infortunely now the camera returns me the OIS error and i don't know how to fix it :(
Can I take easily bokeh portraits with this camera? And what about fz200? If I found both cameras at almost same price, which d u recommend?
The fz200 is better in every way, if they were around the same price I'd go with that one!
You can get bokeh if you stand back and zoom in tight. It's a little difficult for portraits because that's not a normal working distance usually, but it is possible. If that was your primary photographic subject I'd recommend a cheap APSC DSLR and a cheap nifty 50.
@@snappiness thanks
I am looking for the Canon G3X. It is not "cheap" but I was amazed by the zoom range, weather sealing, IBIS and Canon Kodak. Crazy that nobody is having this in mind these days. Prices are dropping :)
Hadn't heard of that one, looks nice! I've never owned a premium Canon point and shoot, Just cheap ones, but based on my experience with Canon, you can trust their image and video quality out of those guys.
@@snappiness I just tested it a while ago. I was using my 50mm fixed lens on a film camera and we went to the zoo. My buddy had the Canon and when he zoomed out 25x times right into the lions face, I was convinced it is a good camera. Also weather sealing is super important for me as it is constantly raining in Germany :D
I have one of these collecting dust. The problem is I don't have the battery charger. Is the battery supposed to charge from the dc port on the camera? I'm not sure if my battery is toast or it's just not meant to charge that way.
I don't think it can charge that way. Some newer cameras allow that but I think most older ones don't
I have this camera my Dad got it for me when I was young it is a good camera but it does not have a mic input is which is quite annoying
How can we take video
I have taken thousands of photos with the fuji HS10. I have two . The cheapest I payed 30 dollars for.
after a week of using this camera, i figured almost everything out but my question is how do u transfer pictures from camera to laptop ? please i need help
Does your laptop have an SD card reader? If so, pop the SD card out and stick it in there. If not, you have two options: either buy a USB SD card reader ($10) or buy a USB cable to plug into the camera itself ($10).
@@snappiness my laptop doesn’t have an SD card reader, and for USB do you have any Amazon recommendations? Because the camera uses a different type of USB cable. Thank you for responding!
@@snappiness and one more thing! Where do I plug the USB ?
Hi just purchased this but my SD card (128GB) isn’t working. Do I need a smaller memory SD card for this camera to work?
Yeah, unfortunately. From what I can tell the camera only supports up to 32gb.
@@snappiness ok thank you
Mattius burling 2.0
He's my fav.
@@snappiness He was my fav, but his video's are no longer as engaging as they were. Your style is far more interesting 👍
@@snappiness both of you are my favourite now and I enjoy both of your videos. Also I have no cameras and money to buy one, but I use my mobile phone for photography. But still I find your videos amazing.
@@indestructiblesalman6129 If I didn't have a camera, I'd use my phone. That's the point, just use what ya got. I'm always inspired by people who don't let little things like that hold them back. Way to go.
@@snappiness Thank you snappy, it's always inspiring to hear this from a photographer ❤
12 million pixels is plenty. It has a Leica lens as well.
I'm like 70% sure that you could put any picture at all in front of the white background and my brain would think it looks good.
I recently bought an FZ200 (just as an ‘out and about ) camera and my images don’t come out as well as yours .. but it’s always overcast and or raining here in the UK 🙄... anyway, enough moaning, liked and subbed 👍
Haha, yeah I could imagine that being annoying. It's been dreary the last two weeks here. Just the season I guess. Makes taking photos around the trails a little more challenging. Thanks 👍
Ok or not FZ35 ?
It's good. I like it. Especially for how cheap it is nowadays!
I had FZ30 many years ago. It was good camera, but only in good light condition. ISO 200 and ISO 400 sensitivity produced unusable images with too much noise. I sold it and bought Pentax K100.
I have lumix FZ45
Can you actually record videos or just take pictures!?
Yes, it records videos. Only 720p but it looks pretty good.
I have the FZ38. UK version. Great travel camera. Lightweight and plenty of Automatic and Manual options. Ok, quality probably not as good as a DSLR, but great for capturing holidays and travel etc.
my dude, your content is outstanding but your voice messes me up. Its like a wall of phlegm.
Please do not take offence to this I'm an idiot.
Thankfully auto captions exist. carry on you legend.
For those who would like to see for themselves what the Pany FZ- 35 can do in travel/ candid street photography, here it is.
flic.kr/s/aHsmxoRMgf
Comments welcome :-)
Beautiful street photography! The camera and lens did well of course, but I think the photographer is to be complemented here. :)
@@snappiness Thank you. After coming from 50 years of shooting film I was just trying to show people that they can do satisfying photography with pretty much any digital camera. I have found that when it comes to carrying around one simple lightweight camera that covers a multitude of needs it is hard to beat the Pany FZ- 35. Of course everything depends on the type of photography you do.
My FZ35 quality is atrocious... it doesnt focus properly and has iso/shutter speed issues
I loved that photo at 3.11. I mean, what kind of a weird mind chops off the head of a deer, and then lays it on the ground, head up .., all to give the impression that it's really a deer lying down, and looking around.
There is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 near where I live for $70, is it worthy? Please help me I want to start in the photography world but I don´t know a lot about cameras, so please coment your opinion :)
Where are you from and what currency? Here where I am at I am seeing them cheaper on eBay, like $40 USD. That's more what I would expect. It's a good camera. I remember when it came out. But I wouldn't pay $70 for it.
@@snappiness I'm from Mexico and here is $1500 MXN wich is like $75 USD
You right maybe I should wait maybe it gets cheaper.
Anyway thank you, you gain a new subscriber! 🙏🏼😁
I paid way too much for this shit back in 2011 and I remembered being disappointed with the camera.
Just got an S5, now I am in love with a 50 dollar camera??? How dare you!!!~Greta Thurnberg style.
eu só queria dizer que Deus, Maria e Jesus te amam muito! Eles me salvaram do câncer (sem tratamento, só rezando) e estão com você também🥺