Post your birds (2)

Dxer · Jun 18, 2015

Scissortail Flycatcher

Moab Man · Jun 18, 2015

Not a great photo as the bugger was hiding in the shade and a good stretch away, but it was so stunningly beautiful I had to photograph it and take what I could. So it turns out, unless someone can tell me otherwise, this is a bird that isn't suppose to be here in Utah - a vagrant as I have seen it listed on some bird maps. I present... a Scarlet Tanager.

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

Young Sparrow

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

Felisek · Jun 19, 2015

Mike, does 258 mm on the P610 correspond to 1440 mm on a full frame? How can you hand-hold these shots at 1/250 s and have them pin-sharp? ::what::

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

Felisek said:
Mike, does 258 mm on the P610 correspond to 1440 mm on a full frame? How can you hand-hold these shots at 1/250 s and have them pin-sharp? ::what::

In answer to your first part yes,in answer to your second part no bleeding idea,i have actually had some sharp at1/60th it must be down to the camera,perhaps with only a small sensor the VR can operate at a higher efficiency.

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

Stoshowicz · Jun 19, 2015

mikew said:
In answer to your first part yes,in answer to your second part no bleeding idea,i have actually had some sharp at1/60th it must be down to the camera,perhaps with only a small sensor the VR can operate at a higher efficiency.

Dual Detect Optical VR that provides compensation for camera shake equivalent to a 5.0-stop* increase in shutter speed
With adoption of the new Dual Detect Optical VR, the P610 achieves the highest level of camera shake compensation, equivalent to a 5.0-stop* increase in shutter speed, available with a Nikon compact digital camera. This function calculates the amount of camera shake with even greater precision with a new VR algorithm that uses two types of information with calculation—camera shake information detected by the angular velocity sensor, and information regarding the direction and amount of camera shake (motion vector) calculated based on image information. This significantly increases the accuracy of camera shake compensation.

These systems can really be impressively effective on the bridge cameras I have a canon sx50 , I like it for some things but hate the viewfinder and its sharpening effects , but you are making that p610 look really really good.

mikew_RIP · Jun 19, 2015

Stoshowicz said:
Dual Detect Optical VR that provides compensation for camera shake equivalent to a 5.0-stop* increase in shutter speed
With adoption of the new Dual Detect Optical VR, the P610 achieves the highest level of camera shake compensation, equivalent to a 5.0-stop* increase in shutter speed, available with a Nikon compact digital camera. This function calculates the amount of camera shake with even greater precision with a new VR algorithm that uses two types of information with calculation—camera shake information detected by the angular velocity sensor, and information regarding the direction and amount of camera shake (motion vector) calculated based on image information. This significantly increases the accuracy of camera shake compensation.

These systems can really be impressively effective on the bridge cameras I have a canon sx50 , I like it for some things but hate the viewfinder and its sharpening effects , but you are making that p610 look really really good.

Thanks,it shows when i push it too far and in cloud conditions like today its not happy focusing on small brown birds