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We had an opportunity to test-drive Panasonic's new FT5 tough camera a few days ago, so we took it for a walk along the Adelaide waterfront.
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Shooting images at 16.1 megapixels, the FT5 is pretty basic as compact cameras go. It's designed to be versatile moreso than powerful -- it's crushproof, waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, freezeproof...
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Here's a sample Intelligent Auto photo, taken at the FT5's lowest ISO setting of 100.
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This is the same photo with a Neutral filter applied to lower the photo's contrast.
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If you want your images to have a little more pop, this is the Dramatic Art filter.
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This Intelligent Auto photo is a composite of two photos -- the FT5 detected a strong backlight in the scene, so stitched together one normally-exposed and one under-exposed photo to avoid any highlight blow-out.
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Here's the Happy art filter applied to a photo.
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The same photo, shot in Monochrome.
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The same photo, shot in Sepia.
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This photo is an example of one taken without the Intelligent Auto's automatic backlight detection -- you can see the sun blowing out the centre of the photo at the horizon.
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With backlight detection stitching two photos together, there is far more detail in the sky and brighter shadow areas.
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This photo was captured at ISO 400, with detail largely similar to the camera's native ISO 100.
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This sweep panorama is captured with the camera taking photos continuously as it's moved across the scene, quickly being stitched together behind the scenes.
Sample photos: Panasonic LUMIX FT5
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We take the LUMIX FT5 for a walk through Adelaide's Glenelg waterfront