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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bird_Huszar" data-source="post: 3190133" data-attributes="member: 129367">Took some more pictures today and only used the Birding mode.  It's pretty good.  It's still a bit dark but it's crazy how it doesn't appear dark on the display.  Very misleading.  I really gotta crank up the exposure tomorrow.  But when the lighting is ideal (and I mean clear sky, sun right on the bird spectacular), it does a nice job.  Auto focus in birding mode is excellent, better than SX50.  Quality is outstanding as well, also better than SX50.  The zoom is slower than on the SX50, but the P900 turns on quicker and is ready to use quicker than the SX50.  So it's almost a break-even in that aspect.  So overall I'm fairly pleased with the camera, it's not just a super-zoom...it actually is a great camera.  I know it doesn't have RAW but I don't care about that...never use it.On a negative note, I wasn't able to connect my phone to the camera.  I do have a BlackBerry Passport so maybe that's why, even though I downloaded the Android app...perhaps the phone has to be a native Android device.Oh well that's ok, but it would have been cool to share pics with the birding community as I'm birding, not just later when I get home.  Right now I guess they'll just have to take my word for it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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