Hey everyone! I’ve been primarily using a Canon PowerShot SX410 IS bridge camera ever since I began using iNaturalist back in 2016, and late this year I’m considering getting an upgrade. One thing I’ve loved about my current camera is its 40x optical zoom, but its limits with getting close shots of …

I think compacts can come in handy when you don’t want to lug around a big camera. I mean this photo I got from a old compact. [DSCN0oo661]

[image] dotun55: Here’s a little secret - my best lepidoptera/macro shots were taken on a series of compact cameras - Sony Cybershot. The Cybershot H300 is my current knock-around camera. Much as I like it, it does have some shortcomings; under certain circumstances, it will argue wth me abou…

Don’t the lenses fit current Pentax DSLRs?

So far as I can tell, they don’t. Screw mount versus bayonet mount. Also, the sensors in digital cameras have glass in front of them, but film didn’t. This changes the path of light to the sensor, and leads to image degradation. That’s is one of the main reasons that I’ve stuck with bridge cameras a…

Testament to “it’s not the camera, it’s the photographer” Welcome!

Hilarious. Good review for Sony Cybershot. I’m looking to own a Sony Alpha A6600, if not A7III or IV. I think A6600 provides decent balance between portability and quality work.

You might be surprised how desired those older lenses are. I’m aiming to get a Pentax 55mm f/1.8 in the M42 mount, and just use an adapter to my R5. Just haven’t decided if I want to chance the radioactive one or the models just before or after.

I thought I would add some of my (albeit, limited) iNat photo experience (FWIW). I started out with tripod, zoom, closeup lens, DSLR (Alpha 6000) and lugged all that about the trails for the first few weeks. What I soon discovered (other than the fact that I’m out of shape) is that very few things…

If you want to use DSLR, you can’t just change lenses in the field ten times a day, it will get you matrix covered in dust. So, if you think about only using it for close-ups, that’s better, macro lens is better than TG or phone, but you can’t always have it with you, so having a smartphone or TG in…

I think what sometimes happens is there’s not a lot hard definition of ‘macro’, either in users or manufacturers. The mag ‘X’ number is probably the most useful, but even then-- what’s the focus range or f-stop range? Also, where does ‘macro’ become ‘super-macro’. A lot of people starting into this…

Looking to upgrade my nature photography camera

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