Isn't she lovely?

No, not the blond... that goes without saying... I meant the tiny little Panasonic camcorder.

I love this building... but I'm sorely tempted to spend some serious time editing this image to get rid of the foreground and just leave the Gherkin on a stick!

Just the job....

Stick it on a pin-badge and hand them out to Big M's customers...

Those nice people at Panasonic gave me one of their new TZ5 cameras to take away and play with - I know, I'm a very lucky bunny!

I'll be putting the camera through its paces and testing it to the limit over the next few weeks, but thought some of you might find this interesting...

Here are two images taken from the same spot in my back garden. The camera was set to Intelligent Auto, so it decides the exposure, ISO rating, etc.

Technical details are given below each image.

ISO 160 : 1/320s @ f/8 : Focal Length 28mm (35mm Equivalent)
Exposure Programme - Landscape
Metering - Pattern

ISO 100 : 1/400 @ f/4.9 : Focal Length 472mm (35mm Equivalent)
Exposure Programme - Normal
Metering - Pattern

I may well have chosen different settings had I set the camera up myself, but it's hard to fault these automatically generated results; with this camera in hand, anyone should gather great images.

I've a feeling this little camera will prove to be even more of a useful tool than I'd imagined. It will never replace my D200, but it will get a lot of use!

I thought I'd share a few more of the images I took with the Panasonic DMC-FX500 I tested last week...

It's a lovely bright start to Monday morning... fingers crossed for a bright and sunny day for all today.