Does the dmc-sz1 have macro zoom, and how sharp are the macro pictures?
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It has an amazing macro zoom and the pictures are so sharp. Best camera ever. I travel to Italy and take pictures for my tour company, they must be high resolution. I also take lots of macro shots of flowers when I travel. This camera is the best ever. I actually have two. One for my travel and one for Tucson AZ. as there is a lot of dust here so I keep the one for travel in a sealed bag. Would highly recommend.
1957841
Right, the DMC-ZS8. I'm still trying to find an answer to that question. Also, has anyone heard anything good about the DMC ZS9?
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The quality of the camera itself will produce a clear images. But it depends on the lens that you get for close-up shots. I've got an amazingly sharp photos using a macro lens :)
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With the lens that comes on it , you will get great photos. But if you want macro considered 1:1 ratio, then you need to be sure to buy a macro lens. Go here to see the different lens offered by Amazon. copy and paste in the search bar. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords;=sony%20macro%20lens%20for%20alpha&sprefix;=sony+macro+lens%2Celectronics%2C193 hope this helps. Randy With the lens that comes on it , you will get great photos. But if you want macro considered 1:1 ratio, then you need to be sure to buy a macro lens. Go here to see the different lens offered by Amazon. copy and paste in the search bar. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords;=sony%20macro%20lens%20for%20alpha&sprefix;=sony+macro+lens%2Celectronics%2C193 hope this... » Read More With the lens that comes on it , you will get great photos. But if you want macro considered 1:1 ratio, then you need to be sure to buy a macro lens. Go here to see the different lens offered by Amazon. copy and paste in the search bar. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_15?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords;=sony%20macro%20lens%20for%20alpha&sprefix;=sony+macro+lens%2Celectronics%2C193 hope this helps. Randy « Show Less
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Look up "canon chdk". It's a firmware that you load from your sd card. I'm getting optical zoom in my SD800IS, along with many other features, like shooting in raw, and control over shutter speed. For those cameras with aperture control (mine just has a NS filter), you can even adjust that.Still, I really like the looks of the SX1 coming out. I'm going to start saving for Christmas now.
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It depends on how macro you wish to go. It is still basically a point and shoot digital camera, however it does have a great zoom at 30x and after you can edit the picture in the camera to zoom even further in at 10x's. I have gotten some great pictures of bees on a flower that you can see the individual pollen deposits on it's wings, legs and face, a few ants that I didn't even notice on a flower petal, dew drops on roses or on leaves that I didn't notice in the original shots ect just from using that extra zooming power on photos I was out shooting. I also took a picture of a squirrel from about 10 feet away using the camera zoom and then when I zoomed in on the squirrels face using the edit feature I could see my reflection in the squirrels eye. For me that is great, but it's not the super macro you would see using some of the DSLR camera's with all the bells a whistles.
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There is no specific macro mode - but the lens will focus down to about 10 inches from the subject. The lens does not give true macro 1:1 size but does give excellent close up photographs
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I don't own the zoom model but the main advantage of the DR-05 over the Z1 will be the screen size. More info displayed and easier to read. And the Dr-05 comes with a micro SD card saving you a few dollars. But at this price range and feature set, they are basically the same. I would go with whichever one is cheaper at the time of purchase. I use my Dr-05 inside a pouch connected to a lav mic around my waist. And sync the audio in post. The Z1 can be used the same way. Both can be mounted on to your dslr if that is how you intend to use it. Although the Z1 has a small footprint.
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I've not tried it for macro, so can't help you there, My friend has mine in Europe now so I can't try it. Maybe if you google the question, they will know or the manual may pop-up. Aside from my SLR, this takes great telephotos.
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I have this problem But I don't understand your solution, Bruce. Could you or someone explain it again please?You appear to be saying that if the camera is at something like a standard focal length you can choose both Macro and MF. But you can't - not on mine anyway!In my experience, the camera will not focus below 1ft. The image stays blurred and often the yellow central focus frame will display a question mark.Auto-focus does not work in Macro either - so to all practical purposes the camera has no Macro mode. If someone has a fix for this I'd be very interested.
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Sacha, its got a decent zoom for such a tiny camera, but at full zoom ranges the images can get grainy. However for medium zoom, regular and macro, the image quality is really great. I like it as a point and shoot.
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Thank you very much, ALT, I really appreciate your feedback. Yesterday I ordered the Fuji S1000fd instead. For $231 the 10MP and 12X optical zoom was just unbeatable. Now I've got to find out if I can use filters on it, too. Thank you!
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I'd like to know the same kind of thing: how close/far away does this or a more appropriate model have to be to fill as small as 12x18" up to a maximum 18"x27" area from a 6000px X 9000px digital image? I'd like to keep the zoom/macro to optimum sharpness setting. TIA, GEB
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http://camera.manualsonline.com/np/usermanuals/mfg/panasonic/dmczs5__digicam
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No zoom.Yes Mick is built in. Don't know about the megapixels. Can work on any computer. hope this helps :)
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Cant really answer this as I have not seen images from FZ70. I did read reviews and to my recall the image quality was not up to snuff. However, it all depends on how you will use it. I have been getting great quality photos for the X-S1. Here is a link to my images (mainly from X-S1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/110260652@N04/ . I did look at the FZ 200 which again has the smaller zoom, but is much higher rated for image quality.
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If macro mode means to take picture at close up, I think it does NOT have a macro mode. Otherwise, I don't know.