[tn-bird] Re: cameras
- From: James Brooks <comeback@xxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:17:11 -0400
Probably not. I bought a Nikon N60 with a 35-80 zoom at Wal-mart a
couple years ago. It is a very satisfactory camera for 95 percent of
what I shoot, which is mostly journalism, large flowers and adorable
shots of my cats. It is almost a macro, almost a telephoto and almost a
wide angle. It's almost foolproof as well. The built-in flash is great
and the battery lasts for years.
But it's that other 5 percent of what you shoot which calls for
specialty equipment where the almost doesn't work. The only identifiable
bird I've taken with it was a Clark's Nutcracker that came down to our
feet while we were eating lunch. On the same trip I also got a great
shot of a Bighorn Sheep that was standing in the road, apparently
licking road salt, from about 10 feet. For shooting small birds you need
at least a 300 mm. lens, if you can get less than 50 feet from them. .
Once again, I'm talking about film here. With a digital camera you can
probably safely double the size of your image with enhancement on the
computer. Those who know this medium better can tell you more.
James Brooks
Jonesborough, TN
M. Edith Sloan wrote:
>Can't one get a "zoom camera" from W. Mart and get satisfactory photos of
>birds?
>Mary Sloan
>New Hope, Al
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