Lens Question

[tinkb]

I was told by the "PROFESSIONAL" at the camera shop that my DCM-FZ7 was not made to take interchangable lenses. While on Ebay this moring for looking for another battery pack, I found out it odes infact have that option. I was quite surprised to see 4 difference lens available for it. I wide angle Macro, 1.5 zoom, 2.0 zoom and a 3.0x 3x power lens.

Heres the question I have for you and the others. From what I understand these lens fit over the 12X lens already on the camera. If I put a 3X lens over the 12X does that give me a 36X optional ability. The camera now shoot up to 67X zoom when applied. By adding this lens will that give 3Xs the zoom making it a 201 zoom.

I asked this question to the guy selling the lenses on ebay. He replied that I would indeed have a 3x over a 12X making it a 36X and he sees no reason why it wouldn't go up to the 201X zoom.

Not that I don't trust this guy, but it never hurts to ask more people that aren;t selling the item. If infact it does magnify my zoom times 3 I am glad I got that new tripod today. I took some shots of Mt Hood today standing outside the car in the wind. At 67x it was almost imposible to hold the camera still for the shot. I can imagine what shooting at 201x will be like. FUN !!!!!!

will post pictures of Hood on another post.

[Bucky Badger]

Panasonic Consumer Electronics

[chemlabrat]

Also, it's notable to mention that when you add teleconverter attachments to lenses there's a direct relationship between focal length and aperature. Without going into detail, if you add a teleconverter or such attachment, you're gonna need more light to expose the photo than you would without the teleconverter. So if you plan to use it at indoor sporting events or things like that, it could cause a problem. But outdoors during the day shouldn't be an issue.

Also, the 67X zoom on your camera is "digital zoom", while the 12X zoom is "optical zoom". Anything past the optical zoom range on your camera without a filter attached is simply achieved by internally cropping and resizing the picture inside the camera. Shooting at 67X would yield the exact same photo as if you shot at 12X and cropped it on your computer.

This can get really confusing if you look further into it. For example, 12X on one camera is different from 12X on another camera. It's not defined as 12 times bigger than it would look with the naked eye, but it is defined as 12 times bigger than it would be if you were zoomed all the way out. And most of the time with a point and shoot when you are zoomed all the way out you have a wider field of vision than the naked eye does. Just how wide depends on the specific model of camera, and its sensor size. Ok, I'll shut up now.