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Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ50 purple fringing comparison
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To measure and compare the Panasonic Lumix FZ50's purple fringing caused by lens chromatic aberrations and sensor
blooming, we photographed a test chart with areas of very high contrast
using it and a number of rival models.
We used the built-in lenses at their widest and longest focal lengths with
the apertures wide open. The crops are taken
from the upper left corner of the chart and presented here at 100%.
The FZ50's lens exhibits a little coloured fringing, but noticeably less at wide angle than the Canon 400D / XTi's kit lens, or the Fujifilm S9500 / S9000 superzoom. |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 |
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Canon 400D / XTi with EF-S 18-55mm |
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Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 / S9000 Zoom |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 |
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7.4-88.8mm at 7.4mm f2.8 |
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18-55mm EF-S at 18mm f3.5 |
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6.2-66.7mm at 6.2mm f2.8 |
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5-52mm at 5mm f2.8 |
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7.4-88.8mm at 88.8mm f3.7 |
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18-55mm EF-S at 55mm f5-6 |
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6.2-66.7mm at 66.7mm f4.9 |
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5-52mm at 52mm f4.2 |
Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ50 macro comparison
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To measure and compare the Panasonic Lumix FZ50's macro performance we photographed
a custom chart using it and a number of rival models with their bundled
lenses.
Each camera was positioned at a distance and set to a focal length which
delivered the maximum possible reproduction.
The dark lines are 10mm apart and the result is not cropped. Smaller areas
are preferred in this test.
The image left was taken with the Panasonic Lumix FZ50 in its Macro mode. |
7.4-88.8mm at 7.4mm f8
Max area of 60x42mm |
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At its closest focusing distance, the FZ50 captured an area measuring 60x42mm, although to achieve this it was extremely close to the subject and casting a slight shadow as seen above.
This is roughly equivalent to the macro result from Canon 400D / XTi's kit lens, although since the latter was taken from a longer distance when zoomed-in, it's almost free of distortion. And despite persuading our FZ50 to focus slightly closer than our FZ30, its big rival the Fujifilm S9500 / S9000 still beats it - although again at the cost of considerable geometric distortion.
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Canon 400D / XTi 18-55mm |
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Fujfifilm FinePix S9500 / S9000 Zoom |
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 |
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18-55mm EF-S at 55mm f8
Max area of 66x44mm |
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6.2-66.7mm at 6.2mm f8
Max area of 50x38mm |
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5.2-52mm at 10mm
Max area of 40x30mm |
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