Finally decided....

[ViS]

Here is an outdoor cushion and a macro of it:

[KENNETHD]

Very nice post...encouraging to see how quickly this camera is up and shooting. (some of your pics looked a little fishy...tho) :lol:Good work, welcome!

Kd

[Cwood]

Thanks for the pics. You just help me pick a camera. (love the fish pics. Im into Marine fish.) I was leaning towards a Fuji, but I think you just sold me on the FZ30.



P.S. Looking atthe outdoor cushion shot gives me a headache.........:?

[ViS]

Cwood wrote:

Thanks for the pics. You just help me pick a camera. (love the fish pics. Im into Marine fish.) I was leaning towards a Fuji, but I think you just sold me on the FZ30.



P.S. Looking atthe outdoor cushion shot gives me a headache.........:?

You should try looking at them in person! You feel half cut before you even have a beer :-)

I looked at the Fuji S9000....... for about 2 minutes. No Image stabilisation. Other than that it isn't too bad, but you can't get decent pics with a small sensor, high megapixels and low ISO without some sort of IS (well us mere mortals can't).

[i-mage]

Hy ViS What did u use for the 2nd macro?because i bought my fz30 just now, and my shot didn't come out so well with thecamera itself (i can't zoom, only in "wide" where i can shot macro without any zoom, and if i use it, i'm out of the focus...)

[ViS]

Set the IS to mode 2 so it only stabilizes at the moment you take the picture. It gives a better result and overcomes hand shake better. Basically a steady hand or a tripod should give you crisp pics at an inch or two from the subject at wide zoom.