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.

[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]

[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 snap of a baby bald and it's mother circling the house.