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Food for Thought =+look at this !

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Posted by John Robinson on December 7, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Food for Thought =+look at this !
Marsh Tit
Nothing special but look at the specs.

Third picture taken with a different camera
Standing in the garden in front of the kitchen.
Bird on a stump about 30 feet away.
Camera Nikon Coolpixp510
Full optical zoom = to about 1000 mm on 35 mill.
Hand held, at 30th sec @f6.9 !!!!!!! 400 ISO
About 80m% of full frame.
Who would have believed this 20 years ago ?
A camera which does about every thing from macro/wide/and large telephoto and about goes in your pocket ! - for £250 quid !!!
Where will it end?
Cheers
JR
Thanks for pics on last post- appreciated.
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 7, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Where will it end?

In JR buying a D4, a 500mm f4, shooting 14 bit RAW files and processing in LR4 and CS6 is where it'll end :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

Yep, it's amazing what they can shoe-horn into a compact nowadays.
Posted by Neil Burton on December 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM
I think Andy means the world will end at that point ;) At this size the pocket cam works just fine.
Posted by John Robinson on December 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Niel
This is a big crop and obviously reduced for the web. The original prints pretty good at A4 and as I say it was only the third shot with the camera. (I,m still practising) Its the non need to carry large amounts of gear around that appeals to me. ! You will get there one day !!! :biggrin: :biggrin:
I know people posting worse pictures than this one with gear costing a hell of a lot more than £250. Some pay more than that for a tripod :eek:
Cheers
JR
Posted by John Robinson on December 7, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Just to show you what it can do !!!
This is a massive crop with nothing done to it !!!!!!
This is going to change the whole face of "nature "photography.
JR
Posted by Bob Johnson on December 8, 2012 at 3:14 AM
Blimey John impressive stuff. Are you suggesting that we will all be using one in a couple of years :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on December 8, 2012 at 6:11 AM
I hate to say it, but that is better than any nuthatch picture I have got. Perhaps that is indeed the way ahead.

David
Posted by Neil Burton on December 8, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Which is fine until the bugger starts moving. ;) Great nuthatch shot though, turn down the sharpening :biggrin:
Posted by David Taylor on December 8, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Will the camera dance the cha-cha, John? :eek: :cool: :biggrin:

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by John Robinson on December 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Thanks
David
Believe it or not it has a built in 3 D facility for taking television 3D pics!!! :jump: :jump: :jump:
Neil
No sharpening on ! -haven't found out where it is yet :biggrin:
JR
Posted by Nick Mckeown on December 9, 2012 at 4:09 AM
AMAZING! You have to do a full review JR and let us know how you get on with it.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Phil Ellard on December 9, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Wish i read this before i carried a camera. 3 lenses and a flask of tea to the red squirrel hide!