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request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
With the bridge camera you might have been getting away with simply focusing on the bird. In the dSLR world the depth of field is less, so now you want to make sure to focus on the head and as close to the eye as possible. This is one of the things included in that learning curve. Niels -
request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
I usually don't know the distance. I think this was probably 20 meters: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=378523 This was somewhere between 25 and 50 meters: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=378413 Both pana G85 with the panaleica 100-400 at near max zoom. For pure id... -
request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
In what we have written to the OP in this thread I think there is one thing missing. DOF. When you are going from a smaller sensor to a larger one, the DOF diminishes. On your current superzoom you are likely used to being able to focus just about anywhere on the bird and it will look good. When... -
request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
Regarding p900, the reviews say 1.2 seconds from turning on to first image captured. I am not sure that is where I would necessarily say the biggest difference is for other camera types. When I left behind the superzoom and went to m4/3 (which I am still using) it was due to experience of... -
request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
In between superzoom and the APC cameras you also have the micro-4/3 cameras, from Olympus and Panasonic. I love my pana-leica 100-400 (which gets you about the same field of view as you would get on the d7200 or d7500 plus the Tamron 150-600G2 (or sigma 150-600 C). Niels -
request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR
One of the important aspects is how much you want to spend, and equally important, how much do you want to carry when you go out into the field? Would your purpose be equally well served by learning more about how to get closer to the birds so that you can get more out of what you already have...