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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3488039" data-attributes="member: 21760">Many thanks Malcolm. To be honest the mammals are relatively easy as you can pretty much drive up to them. The sterner test comes with trying to nail passerines in cluttered habitats and worse air quality in Hong Kong Clear image zoom is my default setting, but I have also just started to play with Smart Zoom, which provides:1.  an additional 4x magnification when you reduce image size to small (5 mega pixels)  - equivalent of 2400mm and 2,. an additional 2.4x magnification when image size is set to Medium (10 mega pixels) - equivalent to about 1400mm The shot of the Black-headed Buntings was taken on this high zoom/small size  setting. The Forest Wagtail shows the capability for attractive shots in low light, and the Crested Goshawk, which was taken in the same woodland, and a shot I'm really pleased with, the ability to get really sharp images in variable light.By way of contrast the two wader shots were in very different light conditions, but from the same site (Pui O).CheersMike</blockquote>