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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rajsurin" data-source="post: 1863999" data-attributes="member: 87599">Hello Ian,The e620 is a great combination with the 70-300 in daylight for birding and very lightweight. (The larger e510 actually feels more comfortable in the hands though).early mornings this lens is not so useful.My wife has taken the e620 off me and even she feels that the body is a bit small (she got used to the my earlier E510 ..which i lost to sea water dunkiing).The 50-200mm lens is a much better option (bit costly).I feel that a hand grip on the E620 would take care of body+lens balance and it would also give you longer battery run.I use the E3 mostly for my photography and so i miss the independent dials for aperture and  shutter under my fingers with the E620.the ec14 is of course  handy for any birder. where the ISO is concerned ..its much improved but if you get the exposure right at the time of taking the picture, you've got nothing to worry about unless you are taking pics in very low light (not much birding in the night|<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />||=)| ).All in all i think its a handy lightweight package package to quietly creep up close to the birds.regards.</blockquote>