Dear Stephen, I don’t know if you have much photographic experience or much bird experience. My requirements when I came back to bird photography were light weight and simplicity of operation. (When I was using film I had a Pentax-K and assorted lenses up to 500 ml, but this rig is just impossibly heavy now). My present Panasonic Lumix FZ150 is satisfactory for me. I am the first to agree that it does not have the long-distance range for distant waders or seabirds, but at medium-range I find it satisfactory for hand-held work. Tripods and monopods are too much to lug around for me. But it would be quite satisfactory as a learning camera. Cost about $1000. I am in no sense a great photographer. But I do get a good image from time to time and this camera has taught me a lot. Anthea Fleming On 21/03/2015 12:18 PM, Stephen wrote: > I am thinking of buying a suitable camera and lens for bird photos. I start > from scratch, and have no knowledge of what is suitable – presumably it > would be a SLR, used on a tripod. > > I’d be grateful for advice from experienced users. > > Stephen > >
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