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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iveljay" data-source="post: 3616464" data-attributes="member: 37260">Every few years I buy a Nikon to try out, this time instead of an slr its the turn of a B700. I am impressed by a lot, it is smaller and lighter than I imagined, but is straightforward to hand hold at maximum optical zoom in overcast and focussed faster and more accurately than expected (it is a few years since I last purchased a superzoom). The evf seems a bit dated, but useable. For insect and wild flower use the macro seems a bit limited, however, it may be me being unfamiliar with it on this camera. So far in the winds, overcast and rain, the only birds I have seen have been rear views of the vast number of wrens that seem to have hatched this year and anyone who has managed to photograph a wren diving into a hedge at full pelt has my admiration. Size and weight are important since my core system is OMD based and the B700 body is very close in size to say  an E-M5 II, the P900 is somewhat bigger and heavier so is a bit retrograde for me, though may well help holding the longer lens. Weight depends on the lens fitted of course.I have high hopes for this camera as it is already performing better than expected, despite only 24hrs of owning it. It is of course coloured dark red as I now buy all 'fun/non-core system' cameras in some garish colour as it seems to upset a fair number of 'serious' photographers for some reason. This policy did backfire when I got an e-mail from Olympus asking if I wanted to join a group of women photographers after buying a white E-PL8! Happy to oblige but it might damage their all female credibility.I cannot hold it steady at full digital zoom without support, the plan is that it may be mated with a lightweight monopod on occasion, but other than for any lens testing type use a tripod seems to defeat the point of owning this. N.B. A full digital zoom shot, indoors, of a small clock face, using flash was again far better than I expected (I perhaps have low expectations from some things tested in the past!), but suggested that it would be useable for identification purposes.This euphoria may not last another 24hrs or however long it takes the weather to improve for serious testing, but  I am quite encouraged so far. Its wi-fi and video capability are of no interest to me currently.Glad to see this thread resurected at a good time from my point of view.J</blockquote>

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