Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3

Hi Carl, Yes, it is incredible to say the least, better than bins to ID tiny birds at the limit of my 10x42s. Pinpoint auto focus. Will be using it more over the next 3 weeks under different conditions which may test its limitations. Main disadvantage is the weight, compared to my previous Panasonic but the unbelievable zoom more than compensates. Even at max zoom the image stabilisation works well, depending on how excited or boozed up you are. Not waterproof. As well, today I shot an Eastern Spinebill feeding on a scented Camellia outside the kitchen window. The Panasonic, and also a Canon tend to focus on the glass, but the Nikon did not. (Yellow-faced and Lewin honeyeaters also feed on this small pink Camellia, name unknown) Not being a Camera buff or tech head I don’t really know what it can’t do, but for the record shots I’m after, it is Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Jun 2015, at 2:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > country. It is also common in cane grass