How is the DMC for shooting close ups?
1793638
Excellent. I tested this camera as I do many by shooting my left hand fingers while holding the camera with my right hand close up, both in regular and macro mode. The results were amazing. In both modes, you could count the tiny hairs on my knuckles, lighting was great with the auto flash in IA mode, no visible camera shake, background nicely blurred, good flesh tones.
959175
I do no street photography with this camera, so please take my answer for what it's worth. I have all three DPMs. Shutter lag in good light has never been an issue. I shot a group of sand sculpturors on a beach and believe I got every shot I intended. Pixel for pixel the highest resolution of any small format camera on the market today, including the Sony A7r.
19800
It has performed very well for me in low light situations. I have been startled a few times by the brightness of the recorded image. I usually use a Pentax 18-250mm lens.
982868
camera is excellent for outdoor shooting and its was the best game in town at the time of its introduction, if you can get a good deal on it by all means do it. but be warned you may be able to get something better for less $$ these days (its just the way technology works) I mostly use my Nikon D3100 for HD video these days and use my JVC as a secondary camera on a multi cam shoot. The .TOD file wrapper is a pain but most modern softwares seem to be able to handle it these days. (I use sony vegas)
1908113
Keep the ISO to 400 or below, 800 max and you will be fine for detailed images. You can push it a little higher if you don't plan to blow the pictures up really large. Yes, its about 1-2 stops worse than other cameras, but the camera features and the 16-50 f/2.8 kit lens more than make up for it. If you can't work around 1-stop, then you probably shouldn't be considering a camera at this level.
1023115
It has a good close up setting - I use it to take macro shots and they turn out well. The details are sharp and clear for my use but the macros my daughter takes with her inter-changeable lens camera would fall under the category of professional.
1217766
yeah, the macro mode lets you take close up images. Got the camera a few days ago and it too pretty nice pics of my fav. ring! The ring is focused, but background will be blurry
739145
Well, I think it's great. For a lot of my macro/close-up shots, I use this camera instead of my mirrorless cameras. It'll let you get in darned close. Bill
1253410
Depending on the lens you get, it takes wonderful close ups. My wife uses the 55mm lens that is standard with the camera, but she says that the 10 to 55mm would be better!
448365
The Lumix DMC-FC60K does not have an audio jack. That means the audio would record noise from the zoom motor when activated. For the price good video quality.Viewfinder is a great feature for outdoor shooting.
160798
Yes, I believe the Lumix DMC-TZ1 will zoom while shooting video. It's a good camera, just not as many megapixels as the TZ3, larger, and uses a lens cap- it's biggest disadvantage.
744101
I work in the quality field and need to take close up photo's of defective product all the time. This camera does a better job than my very much more expensive Nikon camera. It has close up and super close up modes. Great camera for the money.
277115
unfortunately I bought this camera for my son and he has not used it for close up so I can not answer your questions. Sorry
947270
Hello,I am the proud owner of the HMC40 and love the video quality I get from it. I rarely take stills with it because I also own a Canon 7D DSLR and can say I am very pleased with the quality i get from it as well. Because the stills with the Panasonic are sub-par is the reason I don't use it for stills.
1203850
yep. I am going to amend my advice and recommend the Tokina 11-16 2.8. This gets excellent reviews and is faster than the others for low light shooting such as UW. I shot with the 10-24 such subjects as a gilded church. It came out spectacular. All in all, if money is not an issue, it is a tossup between the nikon and tokina. I switched to fx format and now use the nikon 12-24. It's a monster. BTW, another great option for the Nikon DX is the great 18-200 zoom.
1161887
I woul'dn't be able to tell you because I never used those other cameras. But I had no issue, what so ever with its focus. Try the review on the site dppreview is very detailed.
627457
I haven't had as much luck getting it to take good close up pictures as I have with action, low-light and zoom shots. However, that could be user error. I'm not a seasoned photographer. My close ups are always blurry, though.