Matt Griffiths
ad. ♂ Blackcap
Hi all,
I'm thinking of getting a digital camcorder to keep in my pocket when out birding, mainly to get record videos/shots of interesting birds at my local patch. Many of the good birds that occur there are brief fly-overs, so I need something that can capture details on a flying bird. There's two camcorder models I'm currently considering, namely the Panasonic V520 and V720 (specifications at http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...ders+-+V720+-+V520+-+V210/11055051/index.html).
The one has a larger zoom, whilst the other has a larger image resolution, so I wonder whether the higher zoom or higher resolution would be best for getting videos to help me ID/age/sex birds I see? I know next to nothing about camcorders/cameras. Thanks in advance.
Matt
I'm thinking of getting a digital camcorder to keep in my pocket when out birding, mainly to get record videos/shots of interesting birds at my local patch. Many of the good birds that occur there are brief fly-overs, so I need something that can capture details on a flying bird. There's two camcorder models I'm currently considering, namely the Panasonic V520 and V720 (specifications at http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_...ders+-+V720+-+V520+-+V210/11055051/index.html).
The one has a larger zoom, whilst the other has a larger image resolution, so I wonder whether the higher zoom or higher resolution would be best for getting videos to help me ID/age/sex birds I see? I know next to nothing about camcorders/cameras. Thanks in advance.
Matt