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The Panasonic FZ1000 is indeed a Great Camera ! It's design is from 2014 already, but it still has little competition. The only comparable camera (that is marginally better) has about a double as high pricetag.
I am an absolute fan of the so called all-in-one, point-and-shoot or superzoom cameras. They always bring you maximum usability and quality but for a very acceptable price. A long time ago, back in 2002, I bought the Olympus C2100UZ (Ultra Zoom) and ever since I have had no doubts nor wishes anymore with this type of cameras.
Over the years I owned that Olympus C2100UZ, a Panasonic FZ50, a Olympus Stylus 1
and now the Panasonic FZ1000.
I've used them all extensively and never ever had any problem.
They all did/do a Great Job and I should have bought each of them more early !
SLR cameras look impressive but fact is they are expensive, bulky, heavy and slow to handle. You always (!) have the wrong lens mounted for the situation for which you should have reacted fast(er). All the years that I'm doing YesTrip I am photographing many, many days. And in all the years I've seen exactly 1 SLR camera "on the road".
The best camera for taking pictures !
With the FZ1000 you are ready to shoot within 1 second ! It weighs just under 1 kilo which mainly is caused by the superior Leica lens, but that's all you have to carry. I never use a strap and have no problem to handle weight and size all day.
It has a big sensor with 20 Mega pixels, a Leica f/2,8 - f/8 lens with 25 - 400 mm zoom, a EVF with 2,36 Mb pixels and a rotatable screen with 0,92 Mb pixels. Also it can film in 4K quality. After which you can extract high quality pictures out of the film. You could actually just film to then later select (save) the pictures you like out of that film.
This is indeed an all-in-one camera.
Below you find several sets of small pictures which will link you to the fullsize versions. All these pictures were taken by hand, so without the use of a tripod. They also are per set taken from the same point of view, they are not cropped but ("only") the zoom was used. The appartment building at the beach is even 6 kilometers away, in the next village. Which means the OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation) sytem is also doing it's job.
Behind everyone of these pictures is the uncropped original picture. So click them and enjoy. With the Panasonic FZ1000 you can take them all within few seconds and without changing anything, except for the zoom !!!
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And last but not least : my favorite collection of dragonflies. Are they Beautiful !
Tip : if you are more into filming have a look at the FZ2000.
Tip 2 : version 2 (2019) of the FZ1000 is quite more expensive but does not offer extras related to photographing. But it did cause the price of v1 to drop 👍.