{"id":10500,"date":"2009-12-04T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10500"},"modified":"2009-12-04T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:41:09","slug":"a-first-look-at-the-panasonic-lumix-zr1-as-a-real-estate-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10500\/a-first-look-at-the-panasonic-lumix-zr1-as-a-real-estate-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"A first look at the Panasonic Lumix ZR1 as a real estate camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a real quick look at the Panasonic Lumix ZR1, in use with the dogs this week as a real estate camera. When I get time, I’ll do some side-by-side comparisons. This is just a quick look at some photos and a demo movie.<\/p>\n

First some pix:<\/p>\n

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These are good, nice and wide, nice and bright. No distortion on the straight lines. A little bit of lens flare, but this ain’t Life magazine.<\/p>\n

Here’s a huge benefit: Even with the flash on, the ZR1 is fast. Refresh time is maybe two seconds, essentially no delay at all. The auto-focus\/auto-exposure systems need a little time to do their calculations, so it’s possible to rush the camera. But a wide lens has a huge depth of focus, so it’s hard to get into real trouble.<\/p>\n

The movie is not so pleasing. The wide lens is great, but the AF\/AE issue is much more serious on-the-fly. I don’t like house videos, anyway, but, if you plan to do them with the ZR1, you need to make sure you have a lot of light.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video as recompressed by YouTube:<\/p>\n

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Not great. The original is better. You can see it by clicking “Play in Popup” in the links at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n

My one complaint with the camera, so far, is that it’s so tiny. I have big hands, so it’s taking some getting used to. But it’s wicked easy to get a lot of very good photos very quickly. And the 25mm lens is very, very wide for a point-and-shoot camera.<\/p>\n

Further thoughts when I’ve had more time to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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