There is some IQ loss but relative to a smaller 1/2.3 sensor it is not really noticeable within the iZoom range. You have inspired me to try out the I-zoom on my FZ1000. Besides I prefer to shoot RAW and it doesn't work with RAW. So for me, iZoom is an in-camera option if needed, but not something to depend on most of the time. There is one point where it went from iZoom to regular digital and you can see the image falling apart quickly. I would consider iZoom an option, but not digital zoom unless it is an extreme situation where you must get the shot, and I don't envision any of those.įYI, I'll be posting a 4 minute video that also used digital zoom.
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Shooting full frame and resolution is always best and then cropping in PP results in the best remaining quality. It is a tool, but one that should be used with discretion. I've pretty much abandoned its use, and prefer to work with the RAW file and crop. In my early days with the FZ1000 I was disappointed in those situations, even at my web size of 1000 px at the long end. My disappointment came with subject matter that has detail, such as bird feathers or other wildlife fur, unless well lit as is your subject, which unfortunately is not usually the case in the wild! Scenes such as your example work pretty well. I agree - depending on the subject matter and lighting conditions. So I have learned, that with discretion, the FZ1000 can still do some amazing high zoom work if viewing size is kept down. I'm educating myself, not trying to prove any point or better or worse for any camera.Ħ00mm digital equivalent compared to FZ200/300 max optical.ġ200mm equivalent, (compare to the FZ200/300 with iZoom on) Maybe this will be of some interest to others. Also keeping in mind that the FZ1000 pixels are is 2.43 time larger then the pixels on the FZ200/300 so that impacts DR, apparent sharpness and detail in favor of the FZ1000 Images were shot at equivalent focal lengths of 25mm, 200, 400, 600 to match the optical of the FZ200/300 series, 800, 12, the max digital of FZ1000. So this is just for my own education and awareness. (I'll be shooting principally for a BLOG in the future with a few select shot for posters or stock. I'm showing these not to convince anyone of anything but just for information only purposes and so I could see how they display on-line. So I decided to shoot at 20mp with the FZ1000, allowing it to REZ up the digital zoom to 20mp and then I downsized to the 4000px width of the FZ200/FZ300, just to see what it would look like. Of course I don't have an FZ200 or FZ300 at the present and sold my FZ150 a long time ago. Okay, I normally avoid digital zoom of any kind like the plague but wanted to get an idea of how the FZ1000 will do with iZoom and Digital zoom, but wanted to see it relative to what an FZ200 or FZ300 image would look like at the same equivalent focal length.