D-SLRs For The Landscape

Choose the best camera for your landscape photography

Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10
One of two D-SLRs with a fully articulated Live-View LCD monitor, the DMC-L10 makes it easy to shoot at odd angles for more creative landscape images. In Live-View operation, the 2.5-inch LCD shows 100 percent of the actual image area for accurate compositions and provides movable guidelines to help align the horizon or other objects. You can shoot in any of three aspect ratios— 4:3, “35mm” 3:2 and HDTV 16:9—to suit your vision for a specific image. Nine Film modes (six color and three monochrome) provide different “looks,” which you can modify by adjusting sharpness, contrast and color saturation in five steps.

Features
Sensor: 10.1-megapixel Live MOS, 2x
LCD: 2.5 inches free-angle/Live View
Anti-Dust: High-frequency vibrations
Stabilization: Sensor-shift
ISO Range: 100-1600
Spot Metering: Yes
Estimated Street Price: $1,200

A sensor-dust remover uses ultra-high-frequency vibrations to shake dust off the image sensor, while optical Mega O.I.S. stabilization in the Leica 14-50mm zoom lens sold with the camera steadies handheld (and monopod) shots.

As a Four Thirds System camera, the L10 can use all Four Thirds System lenses, which range in focal length from the 7-14mm Olympus superwide zoom (equivalent to 14-28mm on a 35mm camera) and 8mm fish-eye (equivalent to 16mm on a 35mm camera) to Sigma’s 300-800mm supertele zoom (equivalent to 600-1600mm on a 35mm camera. These certainly cover the needs of the landscape photographer


A mode dial is positioned near the shutter button. The dial is reminiscent of a film camera with the various modes selectable by rotating it instead of having to navigate through menus	The fold-out, articulating LCD monitor is the ideal tool for composing with a difficult camera position. It’s also a great feature for getting an unusual perspective on a scene. Even a grand landscape can be viewed differently when the perspective is changed by just a few feet in height, for example.	The arrow pad gives you one-touch access to ISO, metering modes, white balance and AF area.

Alternative Landscape D-SLR
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 Sensor: 7.5 MP/2x LCD: 2.5 inches Anti-Dust: Vibration Stabilization: Mega O.I.S. in lens ISO: 100-1600 Spot Metering: Yes Estimated Street Price: $1,500* * includes Leica 14-50mm ƒ/2.8-3.5 zoom lens

Lineage: Panasonic’s second D-SLR, the L10 follows the DMC-L1, which remains in the line. The L1 is the top-end model, with a more rugged build and sold with a higher-end Leica 14-50mm zoom lens for about 50 percent more, although the L1 has a 7.5-megapixel Live MOS sensor vs. the L10’s 10.1-megapixel Live MOS.

Cool Factor: Nine film modes are designed to mimic the characteristics of a variety of color and black-and-white films to let you choose the ideal “look” for a specific scene.

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G - HASSLER makes this comment

Friday, 30 October 2009

Going back to all the 2&1/4 cameras made - - - Still no digital in square format?
Steve Tracy makes this comment

Monday, 07 September 2009

Having used Just a variety of Nikons over the years before switching to the Canon EOS-1V, I still find that I think of focal lengths in a film sense. The EOS-5D Mk11 seems to fit that bill in every way, and when matched to an all-round lens like Canon's 28-300mm L series lens, there seems little need to ever remove the lens from the body unless extreme wide-angle is essential. It's a very fine camera in every way, and I have no complaints thus far. The combination produces stunning landscapes.
Michael makes this comment

Monday, 03 August 2009

I'm a recent convert to...FILM!!...for really good landscapes. In particular, a Pentax 645N (which you can get for ~$400 nowadays in pristine condition) shooting Fuji Velvia 50. North Coast Photo Services produces high-quality scans during processing....love it!
Jim Horne makes this comment

Thursday, 23 July 2009

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Cees van Leeuwen makes this comment

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

The 5D MII is a fine camera. It has one rather silly design flaw: The program button has no lock and its position can easily be changed. That happens me often in the heat of the photo-battle. Struggling to find the right position of the clouds' shadows, the ideal formation of the clouds. All of a sudden you see it. You slam the brakes, grab the camera, aim and shoot. A split second later the ideal situation has gone. Then you realize the program button has changed position! It happened when you grabbed the camera. Sh.t is the friendliest way to get rid of your anger.
Jack Nichols makes this comment

Thursday, 16 July 2009

the art of the photograph is in the eye of the photographer. The camera is merely the instrument used to create the image. We each have our preferences and it is always an interesting discussion to compare reasons for those preferences. I presonally prefer Nikon because I have used a Nikon, starting with a Nikon F in the late 60's. The most important characterist for me is for the designed to share a philosophy that the photographer is in control, and Nikon does a great job in that respect.
Corker2 makes this comment

Saturday, 27 June 2009

Yha know, I really don't know what the big deal is about the Nikon & Cannon DSLR Camera's. It's true that the Nikon and Canon Camera's are very good, but I don't have any trouble with my Pentax K100D. It shoots a very good Image and will do more than I will ever use. I can inter-change it with all different types of Lens. I have 4 different Lens now and use them frequently. However, since Pentax has decided to dis-continue the K100D and step up to the K10, the K20 and probably more than what I know, I don't really need a more expensive Camera. What I have is just fine for me. As far as I'm concerned, the Pentax has done an excellent job and I will stay with it, rather than change over to Nikon or Canon.
Jan makes this comment

Friday, 26 June 2009

Not knowing when the article was published, it is remarkable that the Sony A900 is not being mentioned as a camera for suberb landscape photography.
Michael West makes this comment

Friday, 05 June 2009

The Canon 5D MKII is currently the canons top image quality dslr, and I can personally swear by its capabilities as a landscape photographers best friend.
Norwood C(ady) Hazard makes this comment

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

I would add that a fully articulated hi res LCD should be among your criteria for a mid-level landscape/nature ready camera. One with a stiff or lockable hinge so that a Hood viewer, with magnifier, can be mounted on it. Like a Rollei twin-lens with snap-up lens— or going way back, to an Exakta. Which mfg will be the first to offer it? And then an artificial horizon line to compliment the grid lines you've already mentioned.

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