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Using video recorders for birds

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Subject: Using video recorders for birds
From: david taylor <>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 10:52:31 +1000
Hi Rosemary,

Agree with others comments -

I work in real estate and all of the professionals I work with who video homes 
have switched to DSLRs to shoot video - all say superb results and ease of use 
- Canon 7D will give you the best of both worlds at reasonable cost.


cheers

David Taylor


On 12/05/2011, at 10:16 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:

> Rosemary,
> 
> The trend these days seems to be to using DSLRs with HD video capacity. Much 
> more versatile than video cameras. You have the choice of either video or 
> still and most are much more compact than many HD video cameras.
> 
> Carl Clifford
> 
> 
> On 11/05/2011, at 5:53 PM, Rosemary Royle wrote:
> 
> Hi Birding-Aussers,
> 
> Just wanted to see if anyone out there can offer any thoughts.
> 
> We are planning a visit to PNG in the future and felt that in order to 
> properly record the activities of all those Birds of Paradise which we would 
> hopefully see, then some kind of moving image would be more effective than 
> stills.
> 
> Peter, my other half, is quite taken with the idea. He is an experienced bird 
> photographer but has never dabbled with "movies" before. It seems that modern 
> camcorders (e.g. Panasonic TM900) have really decent zooms and can produce 
> good quality material in low light - both essential conditions of bird 
> photography.
> 
> Have any of you tried it?? Was it successful?? Any tip and hints??
> 
> Rosemary
> 
> 
> Rosemary Royle, Wales, UK
> 
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