Digital cameras help document your lawn care and landscaping jobs.
If you have read our materials on starting and operating your own lawn care and landscaping business you already understand the importance of keeping a digital camera ready to document your work.
Digital cameras are handy for adding projects you are particularly proud of to your photo portfolio. They also allow for photographic documentation. Quick before shots and after shots of your work stand in your benefit should disputes arise with your customers.
Don’t forget to synchronize your camera’s clock with your GPS clock so you have proper ‘when and where’ documentation. On-photo time stamping is not necessary since most cameras record time information into their exif data table. This information can be pulled out at a later time without ruining your photograph.
All that aside, the purpose of this post is to let you know about one of the best compact point and shoot cameras on the market today. It is one we have recently acquired and are well pleased with during initial tests.
Panasonic Lumix TZ5
The Panasonic Lumix TZ5 has recently been replaced by the Lumix TZ7. Therefore, since the feature set of the TZ7 is marginal above the TZ5, the TZ5’s recently lowered price makes it a very attractive bargain.
Wide angle 28mm 10x Leica lens
The TZ5 features a 9.1 megapixel CCD and an incredible optical 10X Leica lens. Completely zoomed out, you are given 28mm (equivalent) wide angle coverage. Wide angle allows photographs of large landscaping and lawn care projects without having to step backward in order to frame your scenes.
High Def (HD) Video at 1280x720p
An amazing feature of Lumix’s TZ5 is its ability to film HD video. While, as a landscaper, you will get more benefit from still photos, there are occasions when video gives better representation of your work. Video quality is not up to quality received from a multi-CCD 1920x1080i dedicated video camera though our initial tests show great quality video from this camera. Low-light graininess and washout are issues compared with higher-end dedicated camcorders. If your landscaping has lots of colors, use sunshine creatively to brighten your project.
Price of the TZ5
As mentioned earlier, TZ7 is the latest offering from Panasonic’s Lumix line. TZ5’s price has dropped significantly in light of this latest release. Order via Amazon.com using the links provided below. This is how we ordered our TZ5 and we have been uniformly well pleased with our purchase.
We plan to shoot several landscaping shots this week. Check back this week for new blog postings including pictures from our TZ5.
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