Somehow the camera has transferred the red from the belly to the crest. Not sure if that is a desirable optical behaviour. But possibly it is a fault of the film processor.
Paolo - You are absolutely right. In flight shots are near impossible on this. I used all of 20 mins and I could not figure out how to disable the AF via face recognition thingy But as you say, for fun it is good.
sritri wrote:
Paolo - You are absolutely right. In flight shots are near impossible on this. I used all of 20 mins and I could not figure out how to disable the AF via face recognition thingy But as you say, for fun it is good.
From my point of view with so many righteous indignation types "liberating" your photos for their causes it does not make any economic sense to invest so much money on birding gear.
I may as well put the money towards a 911.
I apologize for the rather strong language but steams me to no end that I cant sue em for fear of bad PR.
I found the IQ on mine to be poor above ISO 200, but it was usable to ISO 800 if I did not mind losing a lot of Detail. I think that the camera produces good shots for the price, but my large hands were always pressing too many of the wrong buttons, so I returned it.
I'm waiting for a touch screen model that I might be able to use. A replacement announcement is rumored for next week, so we'll see if it has a touch screen and maybe GPS.
With such a long telephoto, I kept pulling the camera off the subject as I pressed the shutter button.
I liked mine a lot, but simply couldn't handle the low-res viewfinder. It somehow seemed worse than the SX40, even though I suspect it's the same one. But I had no serious complaints about the shots, especially considering the price.
I took one to NYC and was actually impressed. This shot is un-cropped, hand held while on a moving boat and at dusk for the harbour lights tour. I can't tell you how far the lens was extended as the EXIF seems a bit screwed up but as the shot isn't cropped, this is a long ways into the telephoto range...
But as you say, for fun it is good.
