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First steps with the Lumix FZ48 bridge camera
Arrived today
Had to wait 2.5 hrs for the battery to charge up, but here is the very first photo I took:
I didn't mess about with the settings, just selected A on the top dial which I assumed was Auto. One thing I noticed straight away is there is a small thumb-dial which will alter exposure, and the 'results' of that adjustment appear in the (large) screen.
Second pic - again no fiddling:
I took a few more later after going through the settings but they weren't much cop - TBH I didn't know what half the settings were
![Laughing](images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
The paper manual is not very helpful in this respect, and I have yet to download the manual from the CD-ROM which the paper one says is more detailed
When it got dark I tried out the flash indoors and got sharp but over-exposed pics, so some practice needed there. However, when I had 35mm SLR cameras I didn't have a flash, so I learned to make use of available light, and still prefer to. With my Nikon point & shoot, I found the fill-in flash better than the full flash in most cases, and so there is a lot I can try with this one.
I then found the Intelligent Auto Focus setting, and tried some without flash - got this one -
![](http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt221/purefinder/7th%20September%202012%20New%20Lumix/P1010016.jpg)
and this one with zoom
I like it, it's grainy but it reminds me of the old 400 ASA film I used years ago. There is a lot of room - and settings - to improve on that.
I used the camera's own cropping feature to get to this:
They are heavy pics at the moment, file-size wise, but the camera has a generous in-built memory and I also had a 4BG SDHC card handy
Lots to play with, but thought I would share. I think I'm going to enjoy what this camera has to offer - many many thanks to Taffsmum for suggesting it