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Comparing the Canon Rebel XT with the Panasonic Lumix Fz50

The photos in this gallery are informal comparisons two of my cameras: the Canon Rebel XT (350) and the Panasonic Lumix Fz50. All photographs were shot in raw and processed in Photoshop CS2.

An informative series begins in the third row. The first two images were opened in CS2 and saved as PSD files without processing. Subsequent croppings weren reduced in size and converted to JPG with no image-altering processing in CS2 (other than shifting from RGB to sRGB). Subsequent crops were as similar as possible - and each was created by reopening the original file saved as a PSD.

The Fz50 has a permanently attached 7.4-88.8 (35-420) equivalent Leica lens. My XT was equipped with an 18-200 Tamron XR DiII (28-320) equivalent.

This series of comparisons is far from perfect. The original images are close but not identical in field of view or lighting. Also, as can be seen in the exif data, different apertures were used. Also, there may have been differences in focusing methods. Fo both pre-crop photographs, the cameras were mounted on a medium weight tripod. The XT shot with mirror lock and remote, the Fz50 with hand shutter release (and to compensate) IS-2. Other possible confounds include: cloudy day, low light, differences in focus between cameras.

As time allows, these non-identical aspects will be corrected in a future series of comparisons.

Thumbnails do not delineate much difference between the cameras.

Click on an image to see a larger version (better for comparisons).

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zz comp Fz50 P1020185 Railroad bridge above goat lick.jpg
zz comp Fz50 P1020185 Railroad bridge above goat lick.jpg
zz comp XT _MG_4578 Railroad bridge above goat lick.jpg
zz comp XT _MG_4578 Railroad bridge above goat lick.jpg
comp XT z_MG_4579 Railroad bridge above goat lick near Esssex Montana.jpg
comp XT z_MG_4579 Railroad bridge above goat lick near Esssex Montana.jpg
comp Fz50 zP1020183 Railroad bridge above goat lick near Essex Montana.jpg
comp Fz50 zP1020183 Railroad bridge above goat lick near Essex Montana.jpg
z comp-3a XT_MG_4622 Snow-capped peak with clouds at Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp-3a XT_MG_4622 Snow-capped peak with clouds at Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp-3b FZ_P1020240 Snow-capped peak with clouds at Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp-3b FZ_P1020240 Snow-capped peak with clouds at Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp 4a XT_MG_4614 Mountains and clouds across Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp 4a XT_MG_4614 Mountains and clouds across Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp 4b FZ_P1020237 Mountains and clouds across Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp 4b FZ_P1020237 Mountains and clouds across Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-1.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-1.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-1.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-1.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-2.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-2.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-2.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-2.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-3.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-3.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-3.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-3.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-4.jpg
z comp-1a _MG_4613 aa Unedited crop-4.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-4.jpg
z comp-1b P1020241 aa Unedited crop-4.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van  lower left corner.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van lower left corner.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-1 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-1 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van  lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van  lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van lower left corner crop-2 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-3 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-3 as JPG.jpg
zcomp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van  lower left corner crop-3 as JPG.jpg
zcomp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van lower left corner crop-3 as JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-4 PSHOPPED JPG.jpg
z comp-1a XT_MG_4632 Light to van lower left corner crop-4 PSHOPPED JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van  lower left corner crop-4 PSHOPPED JPG.jpg
z comp-1b FX_P1020249 Light to van lower left corner crop-4 PSHOPPED JPG.jpg
z comp XT_MG_4651 Peak in Glacier Naitonal Park.jpg
z comp XT_MG_4651 Peak in Glacier Naitonal Park.jpg
z comp FZ_P1020358 Peak in Glacier National Park.jpg
z comp FZ_P1020358 Peak in Glacier National Park.jpg
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