Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
I would agree with you Imans
BTW, S3 has 6 MP.
BTW, S3 has 6 MP.
It depends whether you are a birder who takes photographs or primarily a photographer.
As someone who is more into birding/natural history then photography, if I could only have one I'd probably go for the superzoom, even if I wasn't taking price into account, if I was concentrating on the photography, the SLR.
It depends whether you are a birder who takes photographs or primarily a photographer. If you're the former you'll probably be best off with a superzoom, the later with a SLR.
I'm moving away from the SLR towards the superzoom, because lugging the gear around gets in the way of my birding, which is why I resisted bird photography for a long while.
The idea that you can't take good shots with a superzoom is frankly nonsense. In good light, at low ISO, they're are capable of very good shots.
Well, I certainly started our as a birder, and I still am (I'd still rather get a lifter than a photo of a bird I have already seen). But nature (not just bird) photography has taken a greater and greater role over the past 5-8 years
I simply do not agree. Three years ago I got a Canon S3 IS because I wanted a small camera I could take everywhere and get photos I would otherwise miss. I stopped using it in that respect after a few months. I was simply not satisfied with the quality, even at ISO 80 in bright sunshine. Now my wife use it when we travle, and we use the video a bit or as an every-day camera.
But this is of course only my personal opinion/experience.
Thomas
Steve, Did I say that?? No, I said that it was just my experience/opinion!You did not get reasonable pictures with a specific camera ergo it can't be possble for anyone to get a decent shot with any superzoom!
Kenn, those shots look great, but I can't tell how much you've cropped them, if at all. Have you got any shots that were cropped a lot? I shoot mainly for id, so for me a camera has to give ok shots in normal situations too - little birds a fair way off.Hi all,
We have been using the SX30 to photograph our birds for about 3 months now, and have been very pleased with the images it's giving us. Like most small-sensor superzooms it has its pros and cons of course... but we are finding it a very capable camera for birding on a budget.
Have a look.
Kenn & Temple's SX30 BirdShow:
http://kenn3d.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=15050225&AlbumKey=a88Zy
Kenn
I haven't seen that camera, but I have a Panasonic FZ30, and it's very hard to use for birds in flight because of a similar problem. I've heard of people adding sights to use instead of the viewfinder.Hi,had a look at a sx30is today,i was not impressed with the screen/evf going black for about a second after pressing the shutter,it feels like it would be impossible to follow a moving bird.Is this really a problem in the field ?
I can't find any specific references to this problem with this camera, but did find a Nikon review that implied that they all do it. From memory, my S3 froze the display between shots, but didn't blank it out. Out least one had a clue what was going on in the sky, whereas with the FZ30, one might as well have just shut one's eyes.Hi pshute,Thanks for the info, the Canon does not have RAW.It was just a demo in a shop so I don't know what SD card was in it, I had not thought about the card speed,does anybody know if putting in a faster card cures the problem.Do other makes suffer from this,i thought it was Canon only.