A good cell phone camera is sufficient for posting images to social media, blogs, or even videos on YouTube.Īlthough, a cell phone camera won’t give you a 600mm zoom.Ĭost is another factor. I echo what Toonsarah said about matching your needs with what you want to achieve. You could then hang on to the Nikon for when you feel only a DSLR will do! $1,500 is a lot of money to pay for something that will only improve your life a little, but if the bulkiness of the Nikon is really becoming too much and you find yourself using it less and less, maybe you could sell that second-hand to offset some of the cost? But do perhaps consider the bridge camera option too, as that would work out much cheaper and be even less heavy and cumbersome. I should have said there are three factors as of course price comes into it too. And those needs are, as I suspect yours are, to take photos of a sufficiently good quality to satisfy my desire to be as good a photographer as I can be, and to give pleasure to others and get positive feedback when shared on my blog. I went down the bridge camera route and like David above I opted for a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-200 which I find more than meets my needs. I gave up using an SLR (as they were then) when I switched to digital, as carrying all that stuff around was wearing me down. The other factor is comfort and convenience. SO that’s the quality element to your decision. But I doubt you could enlarge them and hang them on your wall, or sell them for others to do so. If you simply want to record what you have seen for your own pleasure and to share in your blog, the Nikon set-up seems to be more than adequate. It partly depends, as others have said, what you want to do with the images. I do think the Fuji photos look better, although it’s hard to tell as WP images have to be downsized so much. It’s just a matter of weighing all the options and matching the equipment with your needs. When I go out with my DSLR, I have to decide which lens to take but that isn’t an issue with the Fz200. They dropped the score when the FZ300 was introduced. CNET gives it a score of 8 on a scale of ten. You can take a picture of a flower, then turn and focus on a passing eagle.
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It’s lightweight, and you don’t have to carry a bag full of lenses, or switch from macro to zoom. Also, bridge cameras have smaller sensors than a DSLR so cropped images will lose detail.Īll of my moon shots were taken with the FZ200. The 25-600mm reach is optical zoom, but the camera can be set to iZoom which is digital 1200mm. It’s a megazoom bridge camera (25-600mm Leica lens) that maintains an f2.8 aperture throughout the entire zoom range - which means you don’t have to necessarily ramp up the ISO. I miss the convenience of my Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-200. Oh, if you want to see amazing Great Blue Heron Photography visit Babsje’s blog for wonderful stories and images. So that’s my decision and dilemma! What do you think I should do? I don’t think I need a new one because I don’t do that much wildlife photography. There is the handling ease, but that comes with about a $1,500. The trees are not close and I had to do a lot of cropping with these pictures for both set ups.ĭo you see much difference? Both sets were processed in Lightroom and Topaz Sharpener AI. Since I photographed mostly egrets on my previous visit, I was trying to photograph more of the herons. These next pictures were taken with the Nikon set up. They fly off and bring back food and nesting materials to the nest. It’s a treat to sit and watch the activity. Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons nest each year in these trees. Here are some images from the Fuji set up taken at what I call the nesting tree in nearby Lincoln. Question: should I get another one? Or just keep using the Nikon set up? It worked great and was easy for me to hold steady, but the barrel was tight when I zoomed. I finally decided to buy a used Fuji 100 – 400 mm lens for, of course, my Fuji XT3. It’s a bit heavy, hard for me to hold steady and the Nikon is not that good in low light. For wildlife photography, I’ve been using an old, used prime F/4 300 mm lens on my Nikon D7100. To buy or not to buy! To use or not to use! That’s my dilemma!! I’ll start at the beginning.
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