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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Panasonic FZ2000 / FZ2500 Pros: 1" sensor, high quality long-range zoom, ergonomics, more than satisfactory high ISO handling. Cons: Fairly demanding weight (almost 1 kg), 20 mpx on a 1" sensor require expertise not to give problems with low light, there is no possibility of recharging the battery on camera through the USB port, price (new) quite high. Opinion: I bought the FZ2000 in August (excellent used still under warranty and therefore affordable price). Since then I have stressed her frequently and I can say, except for an evaluation on the videos that I have not tested, that I have frankly achieved results beyond all my expectations. I state that I am the owner of a Nikon APS-C reflex with fixed lenses and all-rounder superzoom that gives me excellent files and that the term of comparison is, therefore, challenging. Despite this, I would say that the overall design of this Bridge is really high quality. The weight, the only relatively negative technical note for me, is only slightly lower than that of my reflex equipped with superzoom with equivalent focal range, but the practicality of use is far superior and allows you to take home photos that I would not always have been able to take with the reflex. The fast burst, a friendly dynamic range, a management of automatisms (both AI and PASM) optimized for the best rendering of the photo allow you to practically always take home a well-made photo. In the first two weeks of use and photographing in total automatism I had results far from the level of quality I would have expected. However, after careful reading of the manual, I realized that this camera, like the most modern ones, is in fact a computer aimed at taking photos and videos and that, therefore, it had to be used according to the logic of the operating system. The results were surprising. The lens (a Leica 20x superzoom equivalent to a 24-480mm in FF) is really performing with remarkable detail rendering and with color rendering in perfect Leica style (very slight tendency to soft in terms of contrast, very faithful color rendering and characteristic "plasticity" - I like it very much). The performance is excellent and uniform both at minimum and maximum focal length and also at full aperture, competitive with good quality fixed lenses. I believe that objectively more cannot be expected from a lens of this type and not to be satisfied, far from it. The camera controls are all in the right place, easy to access, intuitive and rightly responsive. After a while they are found with your eyes closed and are easily used. Photographing in low light conditions up to ISO 1600 maintains an excellent detail and you really have to make an effort of fussiness to keep the noise present and the result seems extraordinary to me for a 1" sensor with 20 mpx. You have to go further to really start finding noise and start noticing some loss of detail. I understand that this race to high ISO is trendy, but I, who come from analogue photography and who cried out for a miracle when the first 400 ISO color film was put on the market, I am amazed to be able to photograph in "almost" dark conditions at 1600 ISO with very very good results. I think you have to accept that if you need to take home an image that you could not capture if not with 102500 ISO perhaps you are not an amateur photographer (reference lens of a Bridge), but a professional who can then turn to cameras expressly designed for special needs. Conversely, the resistance to the highlights is amazing, which almost never "burns". The combination of a 1" sensor with 20 mpx, if we really want to be picky, can show some small limitations in the rendering of the dynamic range compared to larger sensors with proportional pixel size. However, we are talking about meaningless comparative judgments between different categories of cameras and nothing that cannot be solved with easy and non-invasive post-production interventions. This camera is, in its category, excellent and as far as I'm concerned it deserves a grade of 9.5 (if the maximum aperture of 2.8 had been constant it would have deserved 10 and praise). sent on November 08, 2024 |
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