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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
These photos needed a little work as the light was poor yesterday. I cropped them too. This is the original of the Sandplover. You can see the window ledge in the bottom of the frame as I didn't want to get to high in case I spooked the bird, so I cropped it out. Neil -
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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
Bob, The plover was the closest bird I had all day at about 12 meters from the hide. I also shot a short, handheld video of the plover with thw sx40hs https://vimeo.com/47092152 I wish I had only taken the sx40hs yesterday as the heat got to me by mid day and I didn't take enough... -
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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
Following on from my previous thread , I had the sx40hs around my neck all day yesterday out on the mudflats. It was a hot and very hazy day which resulted in AF problems at distance at the long end of the zoom ( around 800 mm ). I was happy to see the rare Oriental Stork at a reasonable... -
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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
Bob, I have the 100-300 and hardly ever use it. It's not fast enough for flight shots and doesn't handle haze and long distance all that well. It's ok for what I call "garden" use ie under 30 meters and reasonable light. I would have a serious look at the new Panasonic... -
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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
Roy, Certainly most people would be very happy with those. I"ve found that the sx40hs jpegs needs very little processing out of the camera if exposure is ok. I normally just reduce size and sharpen for the web. Neil. -
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A Bridge Camera ~ "don't waste your money"!
I agree that would be useful, but I use Flickr for posting my photos by Subject/camera/lens. Here is the set for the SX40HS http://www.flickr.com/photos/7892550@N03/sets/72157627773655789/ and the Nikon P500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/7892550@N03/sets/72157626414882500/ I use the Canon more...