Hello, new member, bought a Lunix TZ-90

[jitsuka]

Hi everyone, newbie here, getting back into photography after a good few years out.

Not ready (cashwise or skillwise) to take the jump to a DSLR but decided a decent point-and-clicky type camera to get back up to speed.

Just bought a Panasonic Lumix TZ-90 in the recent amazon prime sale, got £50 off, hopefully post some pics!

 

[zulu42]

Welcome! Looking forward to see some shots.

 

[jitsuka]

Well I'd like everyone's advice please as it looks like my new camera has a fault - just had a flick through the user manual, decided to take a couple of shots on the automatic settings, the resulting shot had these weird banding patterns on, I even ordered a new SDXC memory card just incase of a faulty memory card. Looks like a return and replacement eh?

lumix_tz90_test1

lumix_tz90_test2

 

[Barb King]

Well I'd like everyone's advice please as it looks like my new camera has a fault - just had a flick through the user manual, decided to take a couple of shots on the automatic settings, the resulting shot had these weird banding patterns on, I even ordered a new SDXC memory card just incase of a faulty memory card. Looks like a return and replacement eh?

lumix_tz90_test1

lumix_tz90_test2

Hi Jutsuka. I had that happen once; it was the memory card reader, rather than the card. The reader destroyed all the photos. I imagine the card could be at fault as well, so you might check both. Frustrating to have a new camera and not be able to use it yet.

Barb

 

[jitsuka]

Well I'd like everyone's advice please as it looks like my new camera has a fault - just had a flick through the user manual, decided to take a couple of shots on the automatic settings, the resulting shot had these weird banding patterns on, I even ordered a new SDXC memory card just incase of a faulty memory card. Looks like a return and replacement eh?

lumix_tz90_test1

lumix_tz90_test2

Hi Jutsuka. I had that happen once; it was the memory card reader, rather than the card. The reader destroyed all the photos. I imagine the card could be at fault as well, so you might check both. Frustrating to have a new camera and not be able to use it yet.

Barb

Hi, thanks for the answer Barb

I don't think it's anything to do with a card reader, I used the wi-fi transfer to my phone and also when I previewed the picture on the camera screen it has that weird banding effect too

... think I'm going to just return it and get the TZ100 instead as reading online it has a larger 1in sensor and is better for taking pictures in low light ...

 

[Barb King]

Well I'd like everyone's advice please as it looks like my new camera has a fault - just had a flick through the user manual, decided to take a couple of shots on the automatic settings, the resulting shot had these weird banding patterns on, I even ordered a new SDXC memory card just incase of a faulty memory card. Looks like a return and replacement eh?

lumix_tz90_test1

lumix_tz90_test2

Hi Jutsuka. I had that happen once; it was the memory card reader, rather than the card. The reader destroyed all the photos. I imagine the card could be at fault as well, so you might check both. Frustrating to have a new camera and not be able to use it yet.

Barb

Hi, thanks for the answer Barb

I don't think it's anything to do with a card reader, I used the wi-fi transfer to my phone and also when I previewed the picture on the camera screen it has that weird banding effect too

... think I'm going to just return it and get the TZ100 instead as reading online it has a larger 1in sensor and is better for taking pictures in low light ...

Sounds like a good plan--I actually had a Lumix TZ100 for about a year and loved it. It took really great photos. It's a cool camera for sure. Have fun!

 

[jitsuka]

Sounds like a good plan--I actually had a Lumix TZ100 for about a year and loved it. It took really great photos. It's a cool camera for sure. Have fun!

Yeah, I'm pretty much 99.9% going to do this I think, I did balk at the TZ100 being nearly £100 more expensive but in the scale of things if I'm going to get back into photography and I use the camera a fair bit then £100 spread over a year or two doesn't work out much does it

 

[jitsuka]

Well I've put in a amazon refund request, will be bundling it off tomorrow and get a TZ100 instead