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    help with sx 70 hs

    you too and thanks you have given me a proper perspective and to be honest its what I needed Im going to chill out and enjoy my walks and pics TC bud :)
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    help with sx 70 hs

    many thanks your a good man, and its much appreciated it really is I shall persevere you never know in a few years time I may be able to return the favour on this forum and give out some advise my self ,hope you have a great weekend regards al
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    help with sx 70 hs

    many thanks Its a struggle and I understand totally that a steady hand is key at the long end looking through the viewfinder sometimes you would think there was an earthquake going on under my feet ,I spent the last year or 2 with the sx 50 and do not think it came off auto more than a handful...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Paul hi many thanks I shall certainly give that a go ,the camera is great for landscape and the children I find and some of my pics are coming out ok , I am still playing with shutter speeds and the other settings and I think quite a few of my images would have been better if I had got these...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Paul hi yes I would say always - except when layed in a field camping with the kids :) I've taken a monopod out a couple of times but by the time I've set it to the right height the shots usually gone so It now has pride of place in the Draw perhaps I should persevere with it more !
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    help with sx 70 hs

    :) sounds like a plan
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Bruce many thanks again altho your first shot of the wagtail looks perfectly fine and detailed to me and the second one also I would be happy with, I managed to get some decent shots of a gull this evening and I was on a high shutter speed but the images would only take the smallest of crop ...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Bruce hi, thanks for taking the time to get in touch your pics look great to me , I am still getting to grips with the 70 and believe I will probably swap to the Sony at some point if it had a 40 or 50x zoom then I would have one now :) some of my pics are of a quality that I am happy with but...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Malcolm many thanks and thanks for sharing the cropped images I would be very happy with also- I think the detail on the originals are great and I am not convinced the 70 matches these, Catching a bird in flight is a different beast to master altogether and something I have not come close to...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Malcolm I took these today in good light and they are to me an improvement on a lot of my pics a liitle bit of auto correct,if I could get most of my images somewhere close I would be ok with them
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Thanks Malcolm I do try and take pictures of birds in flight quite often and have had some success with the sx 50 and a couple of slower birds have come out ok with the 70,Sony is a lot more expensive yes but if what I am reading then I think perhaps the Sony may be the way to go,a lot of my...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    Malcolm thanks I have had the camera around 2 weeks now and I am struggling to be fair I have had some good results today in bright light and my settings in tv/v are probably miles away from where they should be the view finder is a lot better and the auto focus .to be fair the woodpecker altho...
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    help with sx 70 hs

    hi all I am struggling to get sharp pics using the above camera any advice would be appreciated this bird was on almost full zoom 1600th/sec 800iso f6.5 light not great the second pic is even worse am I missing a trick the sx 50 hs seemed to produce better pics or perhaps I am more critical as...
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