These Stray Cats

I'm not sure if the word is out around the cat campfire that round at my place there's a free meal going, but It certainly seems like it. There are stray cats turning up all the time. Maybe they can smell the cats I own. Or, seeing other cats getting fed just attracts even more cats. Maybe I'm just a soft touch. I can't not feed a stray cat that's out there meowing, looking like it needs food. So here we have two fairly new additions.

The one at the front [identified by names, Dracula, Adams Family, Beverly Hillbilly, Teenwolf head, Pavarotti and a few others / you should see his Dracula style head from the back] is very new and has one of the longest meows I've ever heard. The one at the back [Charlie] is really friendly and laid back. Here he is about to take a bite out of the other cats tail. Only kidding. He was yawning and I took the opportunity to take a picture with the TZ1 in black and white. They are tired, relaxing in the sun after eating.

DMC TZ1 Sample Photo

A quick sample photo of a bright orange and yellow flower shot in vivid mode with the Panasonic Lumix TZ1. It has been made smaller is size. It was shot in full size, which is 5 megapixels [info] with the TZ1. This image has been resized to a bit under half size, so its still quite big if you click to enlarge. Not sure what the flower is called but I think its quite common. In my opinion vivid mode is good on this camera. See another flower of the same colour combination, also shot in vivid mode with the same camera here.

Lumix TZ1 Battery Charger Replacement

There are quite a few Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ1 battery charger replacements out there to choose from. Your chances of finding an original Panasonic branded charger for this camera these days are fairly low and long winded compared to just buying a different brand, none original replacement charger that will probably be at your door within a few days to a week. And will work just fine. You could always look on eBay to try and find an original charger. They do come up for sale. Or, you could also look on eBay for someone selling the camera itself + accessories, which could potentially come with an original charger. Could take a while though. And, do you really want or need another TZ1 camera, or strictly just the charger.

The TZ1 compatible BM Premium Charger pack also comes with 2 batteries

If you want one right now and don't care about it being genuine Panasonic, as long as it does the job, there are quite a few options. However, I will only recommend the one that is 100% confirmed to work with the TZ1, as some chargers say they do but from reading the reviews they actually didn't work with this model. The one pictured above [from BM Premium] also comes with 2 lithium Ion batteries and is compatible with car charging and has the choice of either USA or European style plug mains / wall charging. 

UK buyers will need a Euro to UK 3-pin adapter plug for this charger to be compatible. They are very cheap. This one is also available in Canada. The package also comes with a 12 month warranty. This one is confirmed to work with the TZ1. Someone reviewed this bundle and stated that it brought their old TZ1 camera back to life. Red light equals charging, green light fully charged. Also said to work with the DMC-TZ3, TZ4, TZ5, TZ11.TZ15 and TZ50. Don't buy a new camera, keep the TZ1 going. It's a great camera.

Panasonic FZ28 Stuck UV Lens Filter

Had this Panasonic FZ28 camera for a while but don't use it much. I prefer to use the TZ1. Good Bridge camera though overall. When I bought it [second hand] the UV lens filter that was attached is completely stuck. I've never been able to get it off. I have seen a few videos where it shows that if its really really stuck like mine, it literally needs to be cut off. Beings as mine is a UV filter I didn't think it was worth forcibly removing it and risk damaging the lens. I quite like the UV filter, even though it is one of those really cheap ones. It says KOOD UV 46mm on it. But it seems to do its job well, and actually works as a protector for the lens. So I think I'll just leave it in place. But it has been annoying trying to get it off. The thread feels like it is finished, so it doesn't connect.

Vivid Purple Flowers Summer

Some purple flowers shot in vivid mode on the Panasonic Lumix TZ1. Unedited. Well, it's summer here in the UK, but it has been quite dull in general so far. I'm not one for really hot weather so I don't really mind if this years summer stays quite dull. I heard that the UK Government are doing some chemtrail stuff to try and block out the sun, so maybe that has something to do with it. Seems silly though, as that will lead to dimming of the sun, which in turn will lead to an altering of the pan evaporation rates. This then causes droughts, less rain and warmer conditions. In a country like the UK that is wet and windy most of the time anyway! They obviously have a bigger agenda at play here.

I'm not sure what type of flowers these are. Maybe you do?

Maybe they're trying to prove that "climate change" exists and is getting worse. Yawn. Take a look at the history of the weather and climates over the centuries and you will quickly discover that temperatures have been up and down throughout the ages, and its a completely normal occurrence. But the people pushing climate change don't want you to be aware of that.

This climate change fearmongering fraud seems like its more about complete control, making everyone feel guilty about their carbon footprint, dictating what they can eat, own, where / how they can travel, how they can live etc. And being able to tax everyone silly for it. That's where it looks like the "climate change" agenda is heading. It' so in our face that its becoming hard to ignore. Anyway, enough about that. I'm the 5 megapixel TZ1 camera guy.

Been messing around with my old Panasonic TZ1 a bit lately. I do also have a Panasonic FZ28 Bridge camera but don't use it much for taking pictures. I only really use it for recording video footage. It's a good camera but I prefer the TZ1.

The FZ28 is too big to take out much. I can never be bothered with putting it in its carry bag and having to haul it around. I prefer something smaller. I don't have the smartphone all-in-one option so have to carry a phone and a camera separately, which can be annoying sometimes. But yeah, I feel like I want to use the TZ1 quite a lot lately. The urge comes and goes. I love black and white photography, but in summer there's just so much colour around, flowers, greenery, insects etc, that it just has to be colour for me at the moment. Vivid colour. Catch you soon.