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Offline btmidwest

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« on: April 04, 2010, 08:41:55 AM »
Hi Folks,    I just picked up a Panasonic DMC-TS1 compact waterproof camera, my first camera since a 110 (in 1978), yeah I'm a luddite.  I realize there is alot I don't even know how to appreciate being inexperienced - but WOW!  ;D Digital technology allows you to really play around with the pic's.  The zoom features with retained resolution alone are amazing. :o  My reason (last straw) for the purchase was a big (for N. Indiana) bass that I could not photograph - I took some razzing for that one.  But I now believe I've purchased a whole lot more than a 'fish camera'.  I haven't used the video function yet so I'm in that ole learning curve.  I did see a snorkeling video with it that was interesting. I think :-\ this is my first post on the camera forum.  Any tips or advice would be appreciated.   Regards,   BT
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Re: new camera
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 09:15:51 AM »
The way it sounds, that camera should last you just as long as your last one did. Be sure to post some of those "Big Bass" pics, we'd enjoy seeing them. ;)

Thanks, Dinny
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Re: new camera
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2010, 10:09:19 AM »
BT-

I am a Nikon guy, but these days it is hard to find a bad camera.  I am assuming your owners manual is like a shortened version of War and Peace.  Still, study it, and practice the different camera functions.  With enough use and experimentation, you will find the settings you most often use to match your style of shooting.

Couple things.....  I am not familiar with that camera specifically, so these are generalizations....  Always have a spare, charged battery.  Have a spare memory source, just in case.  A small, desk top tripod comes in handy.  I use one when I set my video camera on the dash of my boat to film "fish on".  Get a good case to carry all this around with you in one package, otherwise small accessories get lost, or are not available when needed.  Buy a cheap 20 / 40 gig portable hard drive to store your pics on, in addition to your computer, just in case, so you have a back up.

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Re: new camera
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 01:26:15 AM »
BIGEASY,  Thanks for the advice - all makes sense and some of it stuff I hadn't considered at all.  Please feel free to share.  You are right about the manual - thick and not an easy read.

Dinny,   Hopefully there will be other "big bass" - in our parts you don't see 5lb 12oz bass every day, especially the first week after ice out.

Thanks Guys,
BT
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