Are Kodak P850 better than Panasonic FZ5?

tiresia2.RemoveThis@hotmail.it wrote:
> dimension are the same,zoom 12 x also,but P850 have:
>
> Video 640x480
> Excellent lcd 2,5 with 230.000 pixels
> excellent evf with 230.000 pixels
> manual focus(?)
> raw
> ecc.
>
> I think;if site tests aren't much negative,i buy her....
> What do you think about....?

Kodak cameras have a reputation for producing a poor JPEG image - perhaps
too much compression? I would check image quality very carefully. Even
Canon have not been able to produce a lens (on their S2) matching the
quality of the Panasonic FZ5, so can Kodak?

David
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Daniel Silevitch wrote:
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> To be fair, the differences between the S2 and the FZ5 are pretty
> minor.
> Real, but minor.

Agreed, unless movie resolution is a critical factor for someone.

> I have no idea about the Kodak, though. A quick look
> through a couple of the usual review sites didn't turn up any reviews
> of
> the P850.

That's part of the problem - there are a lot of unanswered questions about
that camera. The lack of reviews concerns me slightly - why no reviews?
Some sites seems not to review cameras which might get less than a
"Recommended" rating....

David
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David J Taylor wrote:
> Daniel Silevitch wrote:
> []
>> To be fair, the differences between the S2 and the FZ5 are pretty
>> minor.
>> Real, but minor.
>
> Agreed, unless movie resolution is a critical factor for someone.
>
>> I have no idea about the Kodak, though. A quick look
>> through a couple of the usual review sites didn't turn up any reviews
>> of
>> the P850.
>
> That's part of the problem - there are a lot of unanswered questions about
> that camera. The lack of reviews concerns me slightly - why no reviews?
> Some sites seems not to review cameras which might get less than a
> "Recommended" rating....
>
> David
>
>
Full specs are on the Kodak site. Since the camera was announced only
on Aug 2, it probably hasn't become available for testing yet.
If it lives up to the specs, it should be a real winner.


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