Bought the FZ1000 today, threw my KS2 out my window

Lord Brain wrote:

Lee Jay wrote:

Lord Brain wrote:

Lee Jay wrote:

Cameranoobie wrote:

Lee Jay wrote:

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EthanP99 wrote:

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Besides the FZ1000 has a 2.8 built in lens and not only does 2.8 lens look a lot better than kit lens but they make you look more pro.

Its not a constant 2.8

I know but still its 4.0 up to 400m. The KS2 with kit lens is 5.6 and its slow as molasses.

Because the FZ1000 has a much smaller sensor the KS2 is effectively faster at f/5.6 than the FZ1000 is at f/4, given the same framing and scene.

Im not so sure about that.

The continous AF on the Fz1000 is so fast i often have to run it in single shot mode. And this is coming from someone who always keep the camera in continous.

I was not talking about AF speed, I was talking about lens speed - the ability to shoot at high shutter speed in limited light and the ability to obtain shallow depths-of-field.

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Lee Jay

So?

Does the KS2's kit lens reach 400mm?

I don't know. A common Canon kit is 18-55+55-250, which does.

That's the beauty of an interchangeable lens camera - you aren't stuck with whatever lens was provided.

Try to stay on topic. We were talking about equivalent lens speed. If you want to talk about focal length range, the fixed lens camera will always lose.

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Lee Jay

18-55 DL for the wide end, 24-200 f/2.8 for intermediate, and a P900 for 200-2000mm.

The beauty of a fixed lens camera is that you can have more than one in your pocket and cover a wide range of focal lengths.

They'd certainly weigh less than a bag full of lenses, be easier and faster to deploy on-demand, and likely cost less, too.

+1

I loved changing lenses when I got my first DSLR 3 years ago but honestly, now I couldnt care less about swapping lenses and lugging around a luggage full of lenses, speedlights, batteries, charges, cases, lens caps, white balance cards, mono pods etc.

The all in one is a huge appeal to me. Want to take portrait? Want to to take macro? Landscape? Sports? Dont need to swap lenses every time.

Most people unfortunately are gullable and think just cause they buy a DSLR, it will be better for them. Well 95% of people who buy DSLRs, never buy anything else other than the kit lens. So why not get the FZ1000 instead?

One things forsure, people want cameras now that are very capable for recording video. Most people dont want to be lugging around one camera for stills and the other for video. And this is why Panasonics are so popular( same with sonys) cause Pannys and Sonys are the best in the business for video.

You can talk about the Canon and Nikon high end DSLRs all you want, but at the end of the day neither Canon or Nikon has a camera out that can put out 4K.