Recent content by Kin Lau

That's a good price and yes, that would be a very good option.

The older models such as the GH1 or GH2 would work just fine for this. The GH1 even came with an AC adapter and records to MP4. My old Canon HF100 camcorder has a mic input, but records to AVCHD, as do many similar camcorders, so that's not a good solution either.

Plenty of them do, except you didn't want 1\8 input, and they're all 2.5 or 3.5mm plugs. Every Panasonic GH series has it, as does my FZ1000, FZ200 etc. All of my video capable Canon DSLRs also have it. But none of them have RCA or XLR plugs.

There's nothing out there currently that will do this without going way out of your budget. Older pro video cameras have what you want in audio, but they don't record directly to flash memory. Older DV camcorders would be at the top of the list, but they will require that you capture the...

I see you have the 14-45, and it should be fine. Even 4K video is only 8mp, far below the 12mp of stills. The big problem is stuff like blown highlights, under exposure and chromatic aberrations that you need to control in-camera, rather than trying to fix in post. With video, it pays to...

I still use my GH2, and other than low light, it's still very good. For FB, it'll be good enough. Shoot in MP4 rather than AVCHD to cut down on transcoding time, and learn to shoot for the edit.

AF, shot to shot, handling, it handles like a dslr.

I have both the FZ200 and FZ1000. The FZ200 is a great little camera for sure, it's half the size and weight of the FZ1000. The biggest advantage I find for the FZ1000, is that it's fast, much faster than the FZ200.

The FZ1000 is f2..8 at the wide end, f4 at the long end (400mm), but with a 1" sensor. The FZ200 is the constant f2.8 25-600mm equiv, but a much smaller sensor.

They probably email several people with similar pics.

I've tried to use both waist level and EVF on my FZ1000 400mm equiv, FZ200 600mm equiv, GH2 and GH3 with 100-300. All of these cameras have EVFs and articulating screens. Using your belly as an anchor point doesn't really work, your belly gets in the way, the screen gets pushed out of...

The EVF makes a huge difference for travel, especially since bright sunshine is often a factor. It also helps to stabilize the camera at the long end.

Both the FZ1000 and LX100 have the 4K photo mode.

I agree with the article, my FZ1000 has been very capable. Throw in other pluses like the 4K video, 120 fps 1080p mode, and it's nearly unbeatable for travel/vacation.

Try the video mode next time for mist, or longer shutter speeds. Your eye notices the motion, the camera will freeze the droplets/mist instead.