First Pic With New Camera

[Bailey Guns]

I have a Nikon D7000. Really nice camera and far exceeds my abilities as a photographer. Unfortunately, I can't afford good lenses for it. I have a couple of the kit lenses but they're very limited in capability. A friend, who's a fairly accomplished photographer, shoots exclusively with a Canon SH60 HS. I decided I'd give one of the new "superzoom" cameras a shot and decided on the Nikon P610. It was under $400 delivered from Amazon...less expensive than even a cheap lens for the D7000.

So, it arrived, I charged the battery, read just enough to get started and went outside. I saw the moon and snapped this with the lens fully zoomed. It's a 60x optical zoom and that can be doubled digitally. Haven't tried that yet. This was handheld at the equivalent of a 1440mm focal length. Obviously the vibration reduction works well.

I'm going to start carrying it with me at work in hopes of getting a good shot of one of the many eagles that nest in the area along the Clearwater River.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSCN0026_zpsd3im3rtu.jpg

[ray1970]

That's pretty impressive.

[hurley842002]

Holy crap that is sweet! Tagging for eagle pics...

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

That is a cool shot.

[kwando]

That's better than most people can shoot with a $5000 camera and lens combo

[gnihcraes]

[Wow2]

[Irving]

That looks pretty cool.

[spyder]

I now feel the need to throw away my T5i..... Pretty sure I just suck at using it. lol

[Monky]

Pretty sure I just suck

Fify

[Great-Kazoo]

Holy crap that is sweet! Tagging for eagle pics...


Come on up here, they're all over the place. I'll see if i can dig up my 3mp [ROFL3] snap of a baby bald and it's mother circling the house.

[rondog]

That's pretty impressive.

No kidding!

[Bailey Guns]

I took this one about 30 mins later. There's more contrast with the darker sky.

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/Moon%201_zps5ifbv0f9.jpg

[Bailey Guns]

I tried to take some bird photos from a distance today. They sucked...like most of the other pictures I usually take. Fuckin' camera. :(

[Great-Kazoo]

I tried to take some bird photos from a distance today. They sucked...like most of the other pictures I usually take. Fuckin' camera. :(

You ask the moon to Smile and say Cheese?

Nice pictures.

[Bailey Guns]

You ask the moon to Smile and say Cheese?

Shoulda tried that with the birds.

[sellersm]

Very nice! A talent I do not possess...

[Irving]

Shoulda tried that with the birds.

Without teeth, smiling tends to awkward for birds. I find most birds to be extremely self conscious.

[brutal]

Someone needs to write a script to mine all Stuvingisms and put them in one single, constantly updated sticky.

[Irving]

Someone needs to write a script to mine all Stuvingisms and put them in one single, constantly updated sticky.

I think they call that a Twitter account.

[brutal]

I think they call that a Twitter account.

I got banned the first 5 minutes on twitter.

Perhaps the handle babyiloveguns attracted too many hoplophobes?

[Irving]

I'll start a twitter account with the handle babyoliveguns.

[brutal]

I'll start a twitter account with the handle babyoliveguns.

how about babyoilandguns?

P.S. way to derail OP's camera thread. LOL

[Irving]

how about babyoilandguns?

P.S. way to derail OP's camera thread. LOL

Listen, the fact that no one has photoshopped a Moononite into either of those pictures yet proves that our community doesn't even deserve this thread.

[brutal]

Listen, the fact that no one has photoshopped a Moononite into either of those pictures yet proves that our community doesn't even deserve this thread.

Just stick some Googly eyes on it and call it good.

[Bailey Guns]

http://makeMeGoogly.com/E4PK1

[colorider]

Moon pictures can be real pain to get. Yours are fantastic!!!! Very impressed. I have a high end cannon dslr and fail miserably at moon pictures. Going to check out that camera you have.

[Bailey Guns]

Moon pictures can be real pain to get. Yours are fantastic!!!! Very impressed. I have a high end cannon dslr and fail miserably at moon pictures. Going to check out that camera you have.

Literally just point, zoom and shoot. It was set on auto. All I had to do was find the moon in the viewfinder (I don't like using the small screen on the back for some reason). Any more complicated than that and I get lost.

[mackbamf]

Wow, very nice...

[Ah Pook]

http://makeMeGoogly.com/E4PK1


Dammit!! You made me spit beer on my monitor. [Rant2]

Nice pic.

[waffles]

Fuck this thread. I was just about to buy a nice zoom lens for my DSLR but now I'l looking at all these damn coolpix cameras. Just buy a DSLR they said, you'll be able to save money by just buying lenses they said...

[Bailey Guns]

^^ >> http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-COOLPIX-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B00U2W4JEY

83X Optical zoom, 166x Digital zoom, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, blah, blah, blah...and less than even a cheap lens for a DSLR.

[waffles]

That thing is just nuts. I don't even know what I'd do with 83x zoom, but I'd love to find out.

Hell even this little guy is only 4mp less than my DSLR, with more zoom than any lens I get under one, probably two thousand.

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-COOLPIX-Digital-Camera-Black/dp/B01C3LE716/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1463887514&sr=1-1&keywords=a900

And smaller, and lighter, and cheaper...shit