G'day all,
Obtaining sufficient info to identify 100% a bird is often
impossible.
- By the time you look at the Field Guides or other references
important details have been forgotten.
- Trying to remember the one distinguishing characteristic is often
overlooked.
- Trying to convince others that you have seen this rare bird is
often a waste of time ! (especially if it is out of territory)
I recently used a Leica Televid Scope with a 2X extender (= 1600mm =
32X) to take some fuzzy snaps to send to a wader specialist (thanks
Linda) to confirm ident of Wood Sandpipers which were resting at the
local sewage ponds in a "hunched" posture.
But digital camera's, both still and video are improving in leaps
and bounds
Here is a ..
.. URL for a list of 5 Digital Camera's with some reviews.
http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aatp102801-camera.htm
The Olympus appears to offer the greatest magnification capability.
Some URL's for reviews of the Olympus C-3100
http://www.steves-digicams.com/c2100.html
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/c2100uz-review/
(the above is slow to open)
http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,371088,00.
html
There were others when I searched Google ( http://www.google.com/ )
We have read Robert Inglis' interesting notes re his foray into
this medium.
However Tony Palliser's photos using a Nikon F90 and Kodakrome 64
film are a pleasure to view.
(See http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pix-indx.html )
Are there any others who have used the latest camera's to record
birds (e.g. waders) at a distance or have up to date opinions ?
Regards, Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW Qld.
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