Honest opinions please

[Bombus Bombus]

Hi,here are four photos of mine using my panasonic fz20.Any views,tips criticisms or advice is welcome.Bombus Bombus.

[Boddie]

Honest opinion - If you like them, then thats all that matters.

Personally I think you are concentrating on subjects that require a telephoto lens to do them justice and I tend to concentrate on macro with my FZ30 as you can get great macro images with this type of camera

[Ollie]

In my honest opinion the thing that strikes me most when looking at these if the fact that they are too small, or in other words you need to get closer to your subject. More or less as Boddie has said you need a longer lens or need to get closer. Quality is ok and either a longer lens or getting closer would make a big improvement.
Roger

[Bombus Bombus]

Cheers boddie and ollie.My next investment is going to be a olympus TCON17 teleconverter as advised by a wab in a previous post but it will have to wait a bit cos ive just forked out for new bins.I was about 6 or 7 yards from the robin and gropper but how close can you get.I also tried getting shots of birds in flight but this proved almost impossible as i either missed or got a blurred shot.The other day a chaffinch swooped right in front of me snapping at a midge,i got the shot but it was blurred.Is it poss to get a good shot of a bird in flight using auto focus.Bombus Bombus.

[Tursiops2]

I have to say, Bombus, as another proud owner of an FZ20, that those are way better than anything I've managed to do, or, to be honest, any thing I've tried to do. At the moment I'm concentrating on landscape and record shots.
T2

[mick_g]

They are all good but a TCON 17 would get you that bit closer. I use one on my Fuji s5600 & am happy with the results. Keep posting!

Mick


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[Boddie]

I know Matt had some great results with his TCON so I think it'll help with this type of subject no end

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Bombus Bombus

Cheers boddie and ollie.My next investment is going to be a olympus TCON17 teleconverter as advised by a wab in a previous post but it will have to wait a bit cos ive just forked out for new bins.I was about 6 or 7 yards from the robin and gropper but how close can you get.I also tried getting shots of birds in flight but this proved almost impossible as i either missed or got a blurred shot.The other day a chaffinch swooped right in front of me snapping at a midge,i got the shot but it was blurred.Is it poss to get a good shot of a bird in flight using auto focus.Bombus Bombus.

Can someone tell me what the hell a gropper is? lol

[Jennywrenny]

A grasshopper warbler of course

[Bombus Bombus]

Thanks for all your views.I have heard it would be possible to fit a 1000mm or even a 2000mm lens to the panasonic fz20 i cant even begin to imagine that so i think i should take one step at a time and go with TCON17 converter.Will the extra glass have the same effect as digital zoom in so far as picture resolution deterioration i wonder?.Bombus Bombus.