The equation is simple...up to let's say 50m/60m (depending the size of the bird and light available), the P900/P1000 delivers very nice record shots, but a DSLR with the right lens would outperform it...and by a long margin at closer distances.
Peter, what is your shutter speed? you might need to get lower, there might be some movement giving quality problems with your current setup
Niels
It rattles off a burst of 7 shots in a second, but stops and becomes completely unresponsive as it writes those images to a memory card. Regardless of whether you are shooting in Raw, Raw+JPG, or JPG format, you have to wait about 10 seconds for the burst to commit to memory.
how AF performs with birds in flight ? How much time does it take from switching ON button to the moemnt when camera is ready to take pictures?
I found the Dot Sight to be more effective for static subjects, though, as the P1000's autofocus struggles a bit when zoomed all the way in. [...] the P1000 manages to go from off to on, focus, and capture an image in 1.8 seconds. No, it's not the instant power you get from an SLR, but it's a good mark for a bridge camera.
Sample shots from today. 65 mtrs testing out the digital zoom. 3 shots 1 at 3000 optical, the next 4500 digital and the other 6000 digital hand held.
Same bird same place.
Quite pleased with the Goose as well
Den