This shot was taken at Putrajaya for a leflet I am doing for them.



This is shot using HOYA closeup filter. Its a weed I pluck by the roadside.



See more highres pictures at:

http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/558967210xPAxXI

For the macro shots no edit in Photoshop at all. As for the Chin Swee temple, I only edit out cable wire, tong sampah, some indonesian workers, panaroma stiching and things that is not suppose to be there. Not a bad camera this FZ7! Infact the pictures you see in webshots have been converted to low res! With the highres pic, you will see much more detail.

Agree with you 110% tongyam.

I am still learning and don't consider my own picture up to par in an artistic way yet. Must learn to "see" better. That is why there are many times when people wonder "what is that guy doing squating by the longkang and bushes?" When I tell them I am trying to take an artistic shot, they say no wonder all art people are weird!

aero99, I would not give up my FZ7 yet too. I feel if we are not gonna shoot sports pictures, or wearing binocular as spectacle (noise hunter), we can do without DSLR. I have both but I have more fun with FZ7 any day.

My boss have an old P&S Olympus and he always complain that it took lousy pictures and he wanted to upgrade to my camera (FZ7) cause he said it can take better pictures. At lunch time, I took his Olympus to KLCC park to take some pictures. When I come back I show him the pictures. You know what he says? "you went to the camera shop to repair the camera oredi ah? Now look so nice"

Its not the camera, it's the photographer that needs repair 

close up filter just like "fong dai kiang" everything become big

but...for close up only 

Actual it is very easy only. Depends on how many filter you buy. The set I got is +1,+2 and +4. There is also +3 and +10 in the market but have to order.

What you do is attached the FZ7 lens adapter first then the +4 follows by +2 then +1. This will give you +7. Always attached the biggest number first. You'll find that you can focus closer now. The best way for me is to move forward or backwards abit and use the zoom a bit too. It is hard for me to explain unless you explore it yourself. Some people advice to use manual focus but for me FZ7 98% of the time correct. Also try to use a bigger apeture number to increase DOF.

for close up dun use zoom better, it will increase bokeh depend wat level u wan to.

when my camera doing macro, only allow X2,if more than tht it will lost focus, even with MF

FZ7 macro mode can go very near to your subject. The thing is, if you are shooting a fly, it will notice you are coming close and will fly away no? With the +7 Closeup filter you can stand just a bit back and zoom in on it. This way not only will the fly not notice you but you can have a bigger manification than the normal macro mode. But because our FZ7 dont have a manual zoom ring on our lens, it is easier to move forward or backward abit to get it in sharp focus. You can zoom just a bit if too much, picture quality not nice.

Lastly, a tip: use tripod or beanbag. I dont have beanbag so I use my bantal busuk

so close to object for wat? no enug lighting lah    shot ulat also run la so close   
ur cam 5 cm, oledi enuf near loh, + use abit zoom then mai ok loh, or u go buy macro lens lor, 200rm+ only

bokeh mean, object clear, oth blur out, arron dai goh is bokeh master

dop = decrease bokeh.

i still NOOB in this term la ,every time need to ask aichiban si fu   

Dont zoom too much and it's ok. I see if I can show you some pictures 2moro. But to exp it yourself from your friend's filter firsthand is better.

I've joint 2 image for you to see the difference.



This is taken with FZ7 Macro mode. This is the closes I can get to get to a big shot of the 1 cent and the cap. Distance from lens to subject is 3cm. As you can see, my camera cast a shadow on the lens cap.



This is taken with HOYA close up filter. Distance form subject is 13cm. Optical zoom is 12X.



Distance form subject is 13cm. Optical zoom is 16.5X.



Distance form subject is 13cm. Optical zoom is 66X.

You don't have to zoom all the way to 66X to take a macro shot. Use whatever distance that will work to make your picture nice. It's not about the max zoom but it's about the picture that maters. Hope this helps.

hm....really wanna buy but i rarely go to sg wang and low yatt. any shop that is near PJ that sells lumix accessories? if i buy, i want to buy extra battery. thanks

i jump liao luehh

how come u know one,

wei where u bought the close up filter? 1 set one

i go TL today, they just leave plus 4 only    so no buy lor

hahah really liu gai me
hm.....i think no gua...i go around 1-2
ya rm35 last one liao, they going to masuk again.

but i wanna a set one which got +4+7 and +10 in the package one, 100+rm 

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Added on May 12, 2007, 9:16 pmi also went to raymond there, 52mm filter all tarak

raymond , kiet photo 

y got quality dumb, wont la

at pudu lah    direct photo ah, i pm him cpl , he told me 98 woh, but desmond there 95;) n the cap is rm10.... i think still can kurang, since discount no much, so no ask for more lor

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Added on May 12, 2007, 9:40 pmwat stock u in from desmond there leh?

You can get a cheaper manfrotto tripod like I do.

See here:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=438705&hl=

not really interested in tripod thing, a very good tripod no match for my device now

wasted if buy now

using wat can use for current now loh, dun waste money to do sohai, keep that extra money  for ur future cam better, so far, i never use my sakure tripod. no chance to use it

ei, i will go pudu plaza to buy close up one day, u wan to go onot?

set one? no they no selling
i think just buy the plu4 four one, or buy 2 plus four one loh...

set one my friend is bought from ebay

* last time lensamalaysia also got ppl seling set, 1 2 4 i think, forgot d

wat size it that? borrow me to play also