Review
FZ1000 model and turns it into a mini-GH4, offering almost all of that camera's video capabilities in a convenient super-zoom format. If you want a non-interchangeable lens camera that will cover all your still and video requirements, the new Panasonic FZ2000 is the one to buy.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz2000_review/conclusion/
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and they traded that quite useful 4k live cropping kenburnesque feature for that absolutely useless, maybe once, dolly zoom ! Man I wish panasonic would just make the camera I want !
@aldolega Ok. Thanks.
No, because it's still big jumps between each ND setting (2 stops each I believe). Same as the manual ND settings, just the camera is setting them, not you. The FS5 ND moves in steps so small they're basically imperceptible.
It's ND filter in AUTO position equivalent to Sony Variable ND in FS5?
FZ2500 video created by Giulio Sciorio
best spec sheet I've seen so far http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz2000_review/specifications/
Interview with Carol Hartfree about Panasonic new ultrazoom focusing on new features - such as improved 4K, ND filters, AF and such.
so what happened to the L monochrome mode on the fz2500 ?
Photokina again
And there was much rejoicing
Actually the FZ1000 slow zooming is NOT so bad as in the video.
Despite the lack of wide angle 4K, I like the overall package of this camera. I can carry a tiny cam for Ultra Wide angles when needed. For most of the work I do this would cover most of it in a very handy package. It's a very compelling camera. I also still like the Sony RX10 II which has the constant f2.8 lens. I wish this FZ2000 had a constant f2.8 even if it meant a short focal range.
Just wait for HEVC 4k 60fps 10biut HDR chipsets, will be in next generation.
It seems like all Japanese firms become so scared about HEVC legal things, so avoid it.
Yes it is still crap not to have wide angle out of the box.
I was so hoping they could read out the whole sensor and down sample..
How could they have missed people's wishes for a 4k wide angle?
@cas1 well that makes it 35mm and with a 500 buck .8 converter , 28mm
I did some further searching on the lens filter thread size: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/reviews/compacts/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz2000-review
" There’s also a 67mm screw thread at the front of the lens for attachment of external filters."
And with the non moving (when zooming) barrel; I think a Wide angle lens adaptor can be used to have more wide angle in 4k.
Furthermore I think with the Cinema 4k (4096 pixels wide), it gains another ~2mm.
B&H specs : Filter Thread - None
What size filter threading does it have? Can we attach a wide angle adaptor to recover some wide angle video?
dimwits ! well....looks like a nice 1080p camera....sadly not competing against the rx10mkiii
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