Unpacking my Lumix DMC-FX500
I love digital reflex cameras, don't get me wrong, but they are so big. I mean it is great having them around when you are on holiday, hiking through deserted places, enjoying exceptional scenaries, but on a daily basis for me there is just no place for them.
When I come home from work I pick up my little kid Wolf from the day care and the first thing we do - and he seems to have figured out our little routine because now when I pick him the first thing he says is 'paardje' (dutch for horsy) - is go watch the horsies, he is kinda obsessed with them. But those moments when the horse comes over and Wolf is watching him with those big eyes ... those moments are precious, moments you want to capture without having to carry around a heavy fully blown digital reflex camera.
I could go on listing all the moments where the need for such a camera just isn't convenient but I guess you kinda get the picture. So I bought myself an extra camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500.
Some quick specs:
As usual I order my stuff from Pixmania (Please let me know if you know cheaper alternatives). Yesterday during lunch (at work) I got a call from the UPS guy telling me he arrived but no one was at home. So I told him he could just put the package at the back of the house, actually I told him to put it in the open shed but when I arrived at home I think he disagreed on that.
Can you see it? Look close it is in there somewhere :-) The UPS guy even made a little roof on top of the package against the rain, gotta love that guy.
Below are some pictures while quickly unwrapping the package and some first shots on how it looks.
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When I come home from work I pick up my little kid Wolf from the day care and the first thing we do - and he seems to have figured out our little routine because now when I pick him the first thing he says is 'paardje' (dutch for horsy) - is go watch the horsies, he is kinda obsessed with them. But those moments when the horse comes over and Wolf is watching him with those big eyes ... those moments are precious, moments you want to capture without having to carry around a heavy fully blown digital reflex camera.
I could go on listing all the moments where the need for such a camera just isn't convenient but I guess you kinda get the picture. So I bought myself an extra camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500.
Some quick specs:
- 10.1-megapixel
- 25mm ultra-wide angle 5x optical zoom
- 3.0-inch LCD Touch screen
As usual I order my stuff from Pixmania (Please let me know if you know cheaper alternatives). Yesterday during lunch (at work) I got a call from the UPS guy telling me he arrived but no one was at home. So I told him he could just put the package at the back of the house, actually I told him to put it in the open shed but when I arrived at home I think he disagreed on that.
Can you see it? Look close it is in there somewhere :-) The UPS guy even made a little roof on top of the package against the rain, gotta love that guy.
Below are some pictures while quickly unwrapping the package and some first shots on how it looks.
See more pictures
Labels: camera, dmc-fx500, lumix, panasonic, pixmania, unpacking, ups
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