Awesome!
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In awe of the photos in this thread, now asking for any advice on a new camera. We had a Sony Alpha, older model which was stolen a year ago. Our needs are for wildlife shots, mostly birds and horses and for macro flower shots.
Mrs Acorn is a vet thus horse shots, me into horticulture and developing interest in bird photos as I have identified over 40 species on our property (or nearby) that we moved to 3 years ago.
We are considering a Canon EOS R7, any comments given the above appreciated. We both know we have a lot to learn about cameras and photography.
I’m your Sony guy.
Rest I know of, but never used. They are all good systems these days.
I can’t even see the dress.
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You’re the reason for the second photo.
I tried to get the shoreline a bit more symmetrical.
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Yeah, I wouldn’t describe the top angle as “jaunty”.
Just wondering what Blitz photo gurus think of the Canon Powershot as a small travel camera with iPhone connectivity??
Edit: feel free to be honest. I have no allegiances
Which PowerShot?
Best camera is the one you’re happy to always carry with you. Small is good on this front. But because the sensors are smaller, I’d look for a model with a faster lens to let light in, and sacrifice some zoom range. Most of the Sony Rx100 series have usefully large apertures.
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R7 is excellent , with very good AF and the “crop factor” on the smaller sensor will suit wildlife, especially birds. You’ll probably - almost certainly- need some decent , long glass for wild bird photography. Im not certain but I think canon just released a reasonable RF 100-400. The RF100-500 is much better, but much more expensive. They also do the two cheapish primes - Rf600 and rf800 - but I’m not completely sold on the concept - they’re basically a field spotting scope with a fixed aperture - and I think for the price, the 100-400 is a better bet for starting out. None of these lenses are “fast”, but that’s ok, just crank the ISO up. Canon sensors are much improved these days.
Two generic problems with the R mount atm. Third party manufacturers currently not involved so nothing from Sigma etc in R mount. And Canon are still a bit light on for affordable glass, their upper level lenses are spectacularly good but the budget end needs some padding out. You suspect both of those issues will get sorted. Sigma are rumoured to have R mount lenses coming soon. You can also adapt the old EF mount SLR lenses , which obviously opens up hundreds of options.
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Thanks Sal. I have done some googling and have realised how much I don’t know about cameras! We’ll be travelling light so smallness is important - Switzerland, Italy and Norway so would need something for scenery, landscapes and mountains along with closer shots of touristy things of course. I can see that I have much reading to do but value any advice from Blitzers too.
If you want interchangeable lenses, and every gram / mm is important for travel / hiking , then you can’t do much better than an Om-5. If you’re willing to carry a bit more weight then obviously the options open up considerably.
If you’re not really into it and just want a camera to keep in the pocket with a built in zoom and tend to shoot in auto, then Rx100 / Tz110/ G7xii etc etc might do. But everything in photography is a compromise so work out the key things that are important and that’ll rule a lot of stuff out.
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The powershot has a nifty feature for taking bird photos. It allows you to zoom in whilst keeping track of it’s location in a tree for example.
This from the web ; “ Often losing sight of your wildlife subjects? The Zoom Framing Assist function on the camera comes in handy just about now. It tracks your chosen subject and keeps it centered in the angle of the view. When the subject walks out of the frame, the camera will automatically zoom out, track it, and zoom in on it again. It is the optimal function to support telephoto shooting, and more so for photographing wildlife. You can get that perfect shot, no matter how far you are or how much your subjects move.”
I have an SX40 but reading about the SX70 tempts me to upgrade !
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Thanks. I am a keen birder and have lots of small and bigger birds come into our bush area behind the house. I’ll look into that.
thanks for all the info
One like is nowhere near enough for that stunning pic.
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