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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1211713" data-attributes="member: 55291">Just to add a few more observations. To get the best out of these superzooms you need to use them in good light. This is true for pretty much all of these types of cameras.  On a bright sunny day if you keep the ISO speed to 100 you can normally achieve some really sharp results without much if any, visible noise. When people say it is not good in low light, I'll give you an example. I was out yesterday, it was a grey day, rain was spitting and cloud cover was thick and low. I positioned myself by a local river where there were some grey wagtails about three to four metres away. I could not get anywhere near a good shutter speed with ISO less than 400. At 400 results were still mainly blurry due to slow shutter speed. I had to bump it up to 800 ISO to get any keepers and even then I was only getting about 1/160th of a second. I should point out this was hand held with a teleconverter attached. I'll post some pictures later on. In contrast, on a sunny evening with a low sun I was getting some nice shots of the same birds at 200 ISO or less.:t: The higher the ISO speed, the more noisy the results are so its best to keep this as low as possible (but of course it is a trade off because if your shutter speed is too slow, the picture will be blurry).The same considerations apply if you are shooting within a woodland. So, to sum up:Pros: Good value for money (a lot cheaper than a DSLR) Lightweight, portable, great zoom and macro capability - no need to change lenses so you can shoot birds, insects and landscapes all in one session. easy to use with lots of good features and manual controls to play around with. Movie mode. Good image quality in good light. Low maintenance.Cons: noisy sensors meaning poorer image quality in overcast/shaded conditions. Not so great for birds in flight (not responsive enough).</blockquote>

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