Could this budget compact be PERFECT for street photography?
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Let's take this budget camera for a spin and see what I can create with it!
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00:00 The PLAN
00:53 Location One
03:36 Location Two
05:50 Location Three
06:55 Choosing and Editing the Images
10:30 physical print reveal
11:27 thoughts and feelings
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I so enjoyed this challenge! What did you think of the compact camera? Which photo did you like the best?
I love the "White Angel" shot, not just aesthetically, but having a ZS-80* I'm just surprised the shutter response was sufficiently quick to get her framed just so.
It reminds me of a shot I worked on when I worked in a pro lab that a local Montreal photographer, Valerie Simmons, won a major Hasselblad award with, back in the early 90's.
Very nice.
*[ I think your TZ-80 was called the ZS-70 here in N.A. and is one development below the "80" we have ]
Love this camera, awesome features. I liked the location one pick the best.
It was really interesting hearing you talk through composing your pictures. Your Nd filter work around was sketchy but brilliant!
The wings a fab shot, white wings white dress the shot is top banana!
The reflection was my favorite and coincidentally I just ordered this camera a few hours before seeing your video. Great content as always, thank you for sharing your talents!
I am learning photography and went down the “better gear will fix my pictures” rabbit hole. You constantly show me that I am wrong, but thank you for talking through the composition process. That is what is forcing me to slow down and compose my shots.
Better gear can improve your pictures but it won't improve your photography.
@@NeonShoresBetter gear can inspire you to improve your photography
@@raksh9 sure, just like having a nice instrument inspires you to practice more than having a cheap one, but it's still up to the individual to actually practice. It's not an automatic thing.
I just want to thank you for showing me that the older compact cameras really do help create wonderful photography.Your skill and your imagination however, both create beautiful art. This is a wonderful video that you created.
Thanks so much 🙏
This is a great lesson for all hungry for thinking that gear helps with the images. Knowledge is key. Thank you.
LOVE the composition with the wings!
loved this project and video idea Emily!! Thank you for sharing as always
Loved your video 🤘🏽
Also the colors in your edits are dreamy ❤
Great video showing your process. My favourite photo is the one of the wall with angels wings. I'm a sucker for brick walls of any sort, especially as I live in a "new" country. This photo takes full advantage of the artwork and I love that you blurred the figure. Lovely work, as usual. Cheers Emily!
I purchased the ZS60 new in 2016 and after 2 years I sold my Canon gear and went Panasonic M4/3. Love the ZS60 and the gear.
This was really inspiring to see. I suffer from thinking my equipment isnt good enough, and you just proved its not about that at all. Cant wait to get out there and shoot. Thanks!
This is fantastic! I love how you get the most out of some very inexpensive options✌🏻
Great shots!! Thanks for showing some of the post processing... it's helpful to see/hear your thought process.
Honestly, all of the pics turned out great! I'm a sucker for skylines, but I'm not quite sure how I feel about the ship. And getting the perfect moment with the girl in the white dress centered in the wings was outstanding!
I have a ZS200 and will often take it out in my pocket as a "just in case" camera when I don't feel like taking a larger camera.
What this re-inforces to us is that the camera is not important - a photographer's post-editing software skills are the key.
I already knew this, but your video proved me correct.
I still love your channel anyways.
Loved this, my fave is the first reflection in window. I recently sold my TZ60 and bought TZ95D and love carrying it for street photos. Amazing little cameras. Nice to see you can print from them quite capably.
Thank you for the inspiring video🙌 great stuff as usual!
i really love that reflection photo!
I’ve just came across your channel. I loved the project you shared and I think your speaking style is outstanding. Yeah, defo subscribing for more. ❤️
Truly, you have an amazing channel! Happily subscribed and I never miss an episode! :)
Thanks so much that means a lot ☺️🙏📸
These little cameras I have a special spot in my heart up to today I still keep my point and shoot with me all the time especially for street photography.. those came out awesome especially the sharpness..I liked the model after with the flip out as well as the integration of an evf. Job ems
Just love the middle one with the random stranger!
Nice job. I love the final result.
Great challenge and the three that you selected were fantastic, i had chosen the same three but not the one with the ship in it. As a true professional your one looked and indeed added interest.
Super video. What fun. Does show that the kit is not always the key to better photos. I often take my Sony RX100 VII on holidays and street shoots because of the flexibility.
wow I love this genre of video. II'm glad I stumbled onto this channel
This video was a treat! It brought back warm memories of my first small M43 set-up, which was Panasonic GF-1 with the 20mm pancake lens. I've since sold it and moved on to the G9, but I am desperate to get something small again for street shooting.
love the photos of the people in front of the wings mural! this vid is a great reminder for me to print my photos sometimes haha
Late to the party but I'm definitely gonna follow this channel 👏👏 fun, informative, and practical - reminds me what got me started on this photographing journey ❤
Your style is brilliant
Great content once again. I love my compacts from the Ricoh GX200, Olympus XZ-1, Canon S series (4 of them) all produce lovely images. Then there's the RX100 III and most recently the Canon G9X II. I love them for the portability and quality especially the G9X II. Superb touch screen, speed and IQ in a tiny package that fits in jeans pocket. Of course they don't offer the same speed and IQ as my MFT gear but it's essential to always have a camera to hand and I love compact pocket rockets for that reason.
This was wonderful!
Love this nd your whole vibe, thanks
Thanks for sharing your process 😊
Loved em all ❤
Picked up a TZ-70 for roughly 18 quid, and it now goes with me everywhere. Such a capable little device in the right conditions. Also very fun to use.
Just seeing this video. This is so cool, Emily! I love all the images - so beautiful to see them printed too! First of all, it's courageous given the cheap camera. Secondly, ingenious to add the filter that way! I would not have thought of it. Great images too! This reminds me a little of some of my GM-1 limitations and wondering if I'm just not thinking out of the box enough. You've inspired me! Cheers!
Thanks you!
Another great video, I have the Lumix ZS60 (TZ80), got it refurbished from Amazon 3 or so years ago and love using it. Only wish it had tilt screen but it is still awesome. When I am out an about with just point and shoot cameras, I take this and my recently acquired G7XMii, less zoom and larger sensor. I wanted either a LX10 or LX100 but could not afford them and found the G7X for a great price.
Thank You! Good to be reminded that I don’t have to use my G9 with the Leica to get good results.
Hi Emily. Really appreciate the simple 3-location challenge, using an inexpensive compact. Just goes to show that there's a lot of fun to be had, without breaking the bank ! Can't decide whether I prefer the Liver building reflection or the waterfront. Mind you, the reflection could mess with someone's head after a few drinks.....😂
You have a great channel plus personality. Beaut shots. Subscribed❤
Hi Emily, I bought this TZ80 from new back in 2018. To help I superglued a 35-37 step up ring to the front of the ‘zoom’ to enable a filter to be fitted. To date this is still affixed!. I find it to be a very useful travel camera as you say not the sharpest images but it does capture the moment. The TG4 is a very useful point and shoot too and can be used for those underwater events.
Awesome photos! Definitely loved the angel wings one the most. 😎
Wow! I watched a few of your videos in 2016 when I used an Olympus for a short while and haven't watched your channel since so I have no idea what made me watch this one but I'm glad I did. My best quality ND filter is for my lens with the biggest filter size and it never occurred to me before to try just holding it in front of other lenses without buying the step down (step up?) rings. Amazing that it worked.
Really nicely produced
The Angel shot is a winner. love it :)
Im glad I found your channel. It really makes me focus on the process rather than the equipment. By the way, is Lightroom essential for post processing or are there any good alternatives?
Great work as per usual and some excellent shots from that tiny sensor
Thank you! ☺️🙏
You certainly chose the perfect person to be in the wings photo! That is my favourite by far.
Excellent video! I like the picture with the wings a lot, perfect shot. I use an older Panasonic LX10 for my stealth camera, nowhere near as much lense but the results are good.
Fantastic results and it just shows what is capable with relatively 'budget' gear.
Budget photography, of which I'm a great advocate, my cheaoest camera cost me just £4, my Canon SLR kit cost me just £20.
I enjoy the challenge of making the best images I can with the cheapest possible gear.
My most expensive camera was the Panasonic Lumix TZ70 which is similar to the one you used here but is the 12mp version.
Recently I had my main body die on me while out on a photo walk, but luckily I had my little Lumix TZ110 in my pocket, bit of creative angles and I got some great shots and the day was saved!
Such a capable camera, amazing lens, and it’s got IBIS! Blows my mind.
Really beautiful challenge you created here ! You can buy filter adapter ring that you can stick in front of the lens. After that use your ND/CPL filters as usual. That changes totally the photos & video quality that you can get from the camera. I used it every time on my Lumix TZ90. Love your content !
Do you have one you'd recommend? I have a Lumix ZS80 and I know these cameras are quite similar in shape/size.
I visited Liverpool last year and completely fell in love. Other than Brighton, where I'm from, Liverpool would be my favourite place to live in the UK.
Great vid, I gotta get me one of these compacts!
Great video! You're awesome with whatever camera you pick up 👍 Beautiful photos! You inspired me to be more creative with my own shots and to print more 🙏
Also, congrats on your other channel, I'm also a gamer and tech lover myself 😉
Aaah you found my secret channel! Excellent ☺️🥳
Love the wings, the perfect subject captured at the perfect point. When skill and luck coincide magic happens. I don’t have a point and shoot but I have started using a low mileage Olympus E-P3 with a non functional IBIS and the two body cap lenses for street photography. The results are a technical mess but have character. I am not a professional so I can leave my higher end gear for the occasional important shoot and just play with these toys.
That view from the other side of the river overlooking Liverpool Waterfront, is spectacular. Jerry rigging the ND filter really enhanced the shot.
I bet that if you mixed some edited images of your compact camera with your GH6 and possibly S5ii, I doubt many would spot the difference, especially if you did not mention the shots were taken on different cameras.
I got tired of the MP chase some years back. Used bridge cams w/ 1/2 in. sensors. No problem. Finally settled on m 4/3rds eventually after lugging some FF's around for a couple of years. Lovely video & pics.
This was great! Always enjoy your videos! I like these 3 images together and that brushed metal serves these photos well! I have the zs50 and I bought the zs35 that was infrared converted. I had to look these up and realized the tz and zs cameras are the same, just different letters for different countries. Anyway, these are great little cameras for everyday. Awesome video and photos, as always!! :)
I have a Lumix ZS100 with a third-party hand grip from a seller on eBay and I bring that everywhere as a second camera. It has shockingly good image quality and it has very acceptable low-light performance, so much so that it is my go-to camera for indoor museums and places that don't allow tripods and when I don't want to haul around my Nikon D850 and lenses. These little cameras are very liberating in many ways.
I have one of the Panasonic bridge cameras on full frame it's 20-1200mm on the long end the lens is very soft but kind of has a painted look to those images.
Wow, incredible work! I need to get rid of my GAS and just get out and shoot, lol.
Absolutely!! 🙌 (Though I cannot talk at all about GAS, clearly 😂📸)
My "main" camera is the Lumix S5 and some expensive lenses. I also have this TZ80. Despite the f8 minimum aperture, this camera really does "kick above its weight" in terms of the actual features (too many to mention, so check online). I would suspect that most viewers of the many CZcams channels dedicated to photography are not professional and, like this presenter, rarely have prints made. This camera is more than capable of producing good results and I do wonder about the need for me lugging around all my other camera gear.
That’s camera I probably should have gotten a few years back when replacing an old, old compact. I went with a 1” sensor Canon, but that means a much smaller zoom range. For what a compact does, I think the reach matters more than the sensor size, by and large. The other two features that really seem great are the EVF, and a minor UI favorite of mine: the option to turn the zoom rocker into a stepped zoom, rather than continuous. I really prefer that, and it’s a pet peeve of mine about my G7X it doesn’t have any similar functions. I’d love for these cameras to go further, and let the zoom rocker be fully customizable-a rocker switch is as good as a control wheel, if customizable.
It's remarkable how you show us that the compact still has a place
ZS60, Samsung WB150f, W35f, Oly Tough 8020 in the arsenal along with my m43 cameras. Luv my digicams !
Brilliant pictures and process… but what really-really amazed me is the video. What an impressive combination of sharp colourful front and dreamy- misty background with .. pastel tone colours? ( English isn’t my mother language so can’t describe better). Really interesting choice to show Liverpool. Superb channel
I've always wanted Panasonic to make a 16mm (8mm) fixed lens micro 4/3ds compact for a small easy to carry-around landscape camera.
Love the video
Wonderful presentation, entertaining and you have a good eye too. Well done, subscribed. 🙏👍
fyi: there are stick on filter adapters that u can thread your ND in for cameras like that. i have one on my rx100
I have a TZ20 which has a similar size sensor, but not as much zoom. Can be picked up really cheaply and takes brilliant pictures.
absolutelly i own tz90 as compact and it goes everywhere with me also have gx80 best combo
Inheriting a couple of older TZ models led me back into photography and taking photos for fun. A long way down the M43 rabbit hole now :-)
@MicroFourNerds ... I have the Lumix TZ90, and I'm so glad that I bought it, and I pair it with a Lumix LX7 as a lightweight travel kit. I love using the full range of the TZ90s lens. A lot of my instagram shots are taken on this pair, and my ever increasing M43 kit.
The lx10 is still a very underrated camera with a f1.4 to f2.8 focal I just wish it had a mic jack
Compact cameras are a great complement to your cell phone or M4/3 camera. I recently bought a used/excellent Lumix ZS80 from mpb for my wife to use on an upcoming trip to Africa. It's small size and amazing zoom make it perfect fit for traveling light. My tests with the ZS80 impressed me with the quality of the jpg images straight out of camera, the astounding zoom, and the tiny size. The small sensor requires framing in camera to get best results. Hand held 4k video indoors at evening programs yielded good color, clarity and sound. While not "professional " quality, it was great for capturing family events. During recent sales, the ZS80 has listed new for $400. New or used, the ZS80 is a great value!
I was so impressed with the ZS80 that I bought a used/good Lumix ZS100 from mpb. My "Enjoyment Factor" has been enhanced by adding the Lumix ZS100 to my kit. I wanted to travel light on a recent trip to Hawaii. My G9 or G100 were too bulky with lenses. My GX850 with 14-42mm Power Zoom (my favorite pocket rocket) fit in my pocket, but had limited zoom range. The ZS100 with 1 inch sensor and 25-250mm zoom fits comfortably in my pocket. Photos and 4k video were excellent and very close the quality of my m4/3 cameras. I even did astro and low light shots with it! My iPhone was great for selfies and wide angle which was limited to 25mm on the ZS100. The ZS100 hit the "sweet spot" for image quality and pocketability for travel, complementing my iPhone, and hitting the "Enjoyment Factor" of shooting with my m4/3 cameras. I recommend the Lumix 1 inch sensor cameras (ZS100 and ZS200) for micro four thirds photographers who want to keep the image quality and features of their m4/3 cameras in a pocketable "carry camera" . The ZS100 new lists at $500 and ZS200 at $600 new/on sale. Another great value from Lumix!
This has got me wanting to dig out my old Lumix TZ3 with its 10x mega zoom and it's 7.2 megapixels 😂 great video Emily 📷
Ooh! I love that you used the tz80! I actually picked up the tz60 a few months ago for about 45gbp (600nok). I love it! Not the sharpest lens at all, but that zoom reach is so fun to use!
It seems to have a filmic quality to it too. In my opinion. :)
It does feel quite filmic!! And what a bargain you found 👀
@@MicroFourNerds was also nice to see that the tiny sensor held its own as a large print!
Had a tz60 for two years now bought second hand and its just wonderful in every way and prints easy at a4 no problems. Great video
Great video em! I want to start printing more of my work too, and I also want a silly little camera 🤣
Thanks Josh!! Well… I have a wrap-up video of my ten (10) tiny cameras, ranked, coming soon! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I bought the TZ80 last year as the event I was going to doesn't allow cameras with detachable lenses, my only regret was not having more time to learn about the camera before the event.
That said, considering the distance I was from the action I got some really OK shots, none would win any kind of award but that wasn't the point, it was making memories of his momentous event which the TZ80 did a superb job of.
The optical zoom on this camera worked really well, very happy with this little snapper.
Based on the prices of compacts skyrocketing, especially those like the G10, G11, and G12 Powershots and others that are CCD based sensors, I'd say the trend has been up for compacts. I collect advanced compacts, both small and large sensor, but have put that on a bit of a hold with how cameras that might have cost me 80 bucks a year or two ago are now 150-250 in worse condition.
Nice pictures.
good project..lady and wings stand out photo..and a good sponser (never thought i would say that)...
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It’s very different to how I would do photography. I like to leave the pictures as close to straight out of the camera as possible, and use manufacturer picture profiles. And crop a bit if I need to. But it’s cool to see how differently you can do it. Everyone’s got their own way and that’s an awesome thing about photography. And I like that you can just hold the filter over the compact camera and it still works fine. I like the reflected one and the landscape a lot. Again, I probably would have just kept the one with the sharp buildings and discarded the other. But your composite does look really good.
Thanks so much! Yes I totally agree it’s why I love photography so much - there’s no right and wrong, just expression ☺️
I like the window reflection. I tried a similar shot using a 12-32 lens on a GX80 and I wasn't happy with the result. I forgot to use the telephoto lens which would have got me a shot similar to yours. In my defence it was about 5 am so I was half asleep at the time.
For enhancing the technical abilities of small sensor cameras DXO Photolab Elite does a fantastic job. Small sensor zoom compacts have two major issues lens distortion requiring extensive correction and noise.
Most software (LR) uses the optical corrections built into the raw file which is the same as the in camera jpg correction. DXO measure the camera/lens in their optical laboratories and can provide a much betetr optical correction compared to the jpg. You can often get a slightly wider fov at the wide angle from this improved correction as the jpg correction includes a crop.
DXO Photolabs DeepPrime/XD raw noise reduction can give you at least 2 stops of improvement over the jpg and this helps to increase the available shooting envelope.
Applies to MFT as well as compacts.
Might be worth taking a look if you are not already familiar with Photolab Elite?
Cool !
I started photography again a few years ago with this very camera. It had real limitations with aperture and wasn't great in low light. So I got a much more flexible Olympus OMD 10. I love the Olympus, but maybe I was too hasty in benching the Lumix altogether.
I think Lumix and overall all the brands, should continue this kind of product line, compact but powerful little cameras.
Thanks!
Thank you Michael!! ☺️
Great video
The angel image is genius. Absolute genius!
Thanks Joe!! That took…. SO MANY attempts 😂 so glad I wasn’t shooting on film I’d have had to remortgage my house haha also I was super lucky it was a really sunny day - it wouldn’t have had the same effect if she was wearing a coat haha
@MicroFourNerds Honestly it's sooooo good and kudos for waiting around for the right subject
I think I liked the street art best, though it was close with all three. Thanks for showing your Photoshop techniques as well.
I have a Sony HX90V -- great images for a little camera, but the Sonys are notorious dust magnets. I like being able to carry a camera in my pocket and grab a shot if I need it. I just have to be aware of its limitations. Unlike the Lumix, it doesn't do RAW, either.
I do think it's a real drawback not to have a filter ring on pocket cameras. I would happily have 3 or 4 mm more bulk in my pocket in order to be able to screw in an ND or polarising filter -- or anything else that might help.
The camera I really liked for street photography was the Nikon 1 V 1, 1" sensor, interchangeable lenses for 28-80 and 80-300 zoom range, RAW support -- but lenses which last a couple of year and then give up. I could put the body with one lens attached into one jacket pocket, and the other lens into the other.
My favourite point and shoot is a Canon SX-730. No raw but the zoom on that camera is silly. 900mm full frame equivalent. I love it so much. I ordered it from Germany because the Amazon Deutsch price was nice.
I recently bought a Lumix zs200/tz200 and it's now my favorite camera ever, for now anyway. 😂 I'm not a pro and I never print anything but it's convenient and easy to carry. It does the zoom and macro very well. It has all the options and manual controls the mirrorless models have. I have an addiction to shooting and need to shoot hundreds of photos everyday. Most of which are out doors so the maximum 3.3 aperture is not so bad. Mostly perfect for street. I was looking to get an 80 as a backup but after this video the prices will probably rise. Thanks 😊Please never make a video about the 100 or 200. I would like to buy backups before the price goes up LOL
Great video :)!
Try this one, a Pen EPL3 with the pany 12-32. You talk about compact with great sharp pics.🙂
What camera did you use to film this episode? It looks beautiful.