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Bodger · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 40

As you can probably tell, I just use the family digital camera. Its dead simple, I just point and press the button.
The thing is this, I see lots of birds and wildlife on my amblings but even when I zoom the camera in as far it will go, my subjects just appear as dots in a landscape.
I'd like to capture some of the images up a lot closer. Are there cameras that do this and are just as simple to use as the one I pop into my pocket now ?

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pipit · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 10552 Location: SCOTLAND

personally i think you need a dslr for long distance shots
i don't like the results i get from both my cameras but maybe someone else on here knows different
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Bigcity · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 796 Location: Midwest,USA

They are up to 20X opticl zooms now in nondslr cameras that would work better on them. Otherwise a dslr with big zoom and tripod is needed.
I take few birds pics because I know they are out of my range. I do know for good bird pics there is more waiting for them to come close than just walking up to them and getting the pic.

da_nige · Guest

What caera is it you are using at the moment? Birding is my main subject and I shoot with a DSLR. The problem with birds is they are always too far away no matter what you are using. I'm using the equivalent of 546mm and I still need to crop. The advantage of a DSLR is that it has a higher pixel density due to the larger sensor and larger pixels so can retain more detail when you do crop

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