Trying out a new pocket camera ....

R.J. · Post by **R.J.** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:32 am

In the spring , I got a 20 year service gift from work ... There was a list to pick from ( GPS , Golf clubs , etc. ) .. but being a camera guy I picked a pocket digital Panasonic Model DMC-ZS1 Lumix , 10 MP , with 12x Optical Zoom .

It's not an SLR , but here are some misc shots over the last couple months that vary in quality from close up to zoomed out , daytime , night time , inside and out ...

A hen turkey with some chicks back in July .. the chicks got spooked when I came around the corner of the trail and flew into a tree .. they ran around the branches like little squirels ...

Some ducks scoot from the shore line ...

The local pond was alive with spawning carp last month as well ...

The usual shore birds near dusk ...

Inside ... I take a few pictures for my home improvment log ... took me three days to finish the spam and dinning room floor , hand sanding plank by plank so as not to lose any of the old floor character marks ...

One of the many toads I see every day when I'm working around the shop ... they hunker in the gravel driveway and do their share of bug control !

We got hit two weeks ago with some brutal winds , that took down a few trees on my property ...

The neighbors had the same problem ...

The local geese are starting to group up on stubble fields .... BTW , when does the early season start !

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:36 am

That floor looks great R.J.!

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:14 am

Looks good RJ
The "point & shoot" cameras are not the absolute best available, but for most of us they are good enough.

Mine has settings/features I will never use (actually don't even understand what they really do), but I can set it on "AUTO" and get pics that suit me.

catcher · Post by **catcher** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:45 am

Great pics as always. The floor turned out well great job. I beleive the early honker season opens up Sept 10 th till the 20 th. Can not wait till you show us your pics from those hunts. Good luck.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:40 am

great pics rj, nice work on the floor

bkisel · Post by **bkisel** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:11 am

Thanks for sharing...

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:52 pm

Takes a nice picture

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:02 pm

good pics it looks like it gives you RJ. Which reminds me its time to remind folks to take a camera to the woods with them. those pics will be worth a million memory bucks later in life..

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:28 pm

Looks great RJ
Those blow downs look like good blinds

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:13 pm

Pics look great.

R.J. · Post by **R.J.** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:29 pm

Thanks all .... yep it's a handy little pocket camera .

Like wabi said , it has more options than I will ever be able to figure out !

I mean , how many real men actually read the manual that comes with anything !

I run it in auto ... but key point like Hoss says ... take a camera along , great way to cronicle an outing ... you never know what you will see , and a picture is worth 1000 words !

I have said before " I wish my eyes were a camera "

I was running my Shorthair on a brief training session the other day ... Out of the corner of my eye I saw a small Kestrel hawk glide down out of a tree to my left ... he built up speed ahead of us and impacted a wild canary in mid flight ... all I saw was a brief dog fight flight pattern , then a burst of yellow feathers ... it was an awsome sight , but no chance to get the camera on him .

Nature is incredible !