Carpospiza
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Hi all,
Firstly, with my first posting to BirdForum, wishing all Happy New Year 2007.
I’m looking for a replacement camera for my Canon Powershot A75. It was working good for two years, until I eventually got the canon’s famous E18 lens error. More details on this error and the cameras affected here: http://www.e18error.com/
I liked canon’s manual functions, and was digiscoping invariably in ‘shutter priority plus macro’ mode, slightly underexposing and leaving the rest for photoshop. But current alternatives (e.g.Fuji f30) are quite expensive. There are postings at the forums by people who apparently do well with cameras that are lacking extra manual settings, hence after some investigations on internet I end up with two affordable options – Fuji F20 and Sony DSC-W50. These cameras are not sold in my country to try them myself, and I have to rely on people’s advice on which one of them delivers better results in ‘program plus macro’ combination. I use ancient 60 mm Nikon fieldscope with its 20x fixed eyepiece; digiscoping only handholding the camera (prefer rapid switch between viewing/photoing) so don’t care about adapters. Particular issues of interest are:
1) I’ve read a review of Sony w50 with test macro shots – these were sharp only in the center of image. Is fuji f20’s macro more accurate?
2) Which one of them allows faster shutter speeds at their maximum (± noise free) ISO 400? Is it realistic to expect speeds of 1/250 or at least 1/200 at ISO 400 and at full zoom during digiscoping against dark background on an ‘average’ day with 60mm scope/20x eyepiece? Which one of these cameras is more reliable in low light conditions in general?
3) My canon’s outer lens diameter is 32 mm and it perfectly fits my scope’s eyepiece equipped for additional stability with a narrow plastic ring. I never experienced any vignetting at half to full zoom. Could somebody drop, please, the corresponding lens diameters for fuji f20 and sony w50?
Would be great to get any advice on camera selection, especially from birders familiar with both fuji f20 and sony w50.
Greetings and happy birding!
Firstly, with my first posting to BirdForum, wishing all Happy New Year 2007.
I’m looking for a replacement camera for my Canon Powershot A75. It was working good for two years, until I eventually got the canon’s famous E18 lens error. More details on this error and the cameras affected here: http://www.e18error.com/
I liked canon’s manual functions, and was digiscoping invariably in ‘shutter priority plus macro’ mode, slightly underexposing and leaving the rest for photoshop. But current alternatives (e.g.Fuji f30) are quite expensive. There are postings at the forums by people who apparently do well with cameras that are lacking extra manual settings, hence after some investigations on internet I end up with two affordable options – Fuji F20 and Sony DSC-W50. These cameras are not sold in my country to try them myself, and I have to rely on people’s advice on which one of them delivers better results in ‘program plus macro’ combination. I use ancient 60 mm Nikon fieldscope with its 20x fixed eyepiece; digiscoping only handholding the camera (prefer rapid switch between viewing/photoing) so don’t care about adapters. Particular issues of interest are:
1) I’ve read a review of Sony w50 with test macro shots – these were sharp only in the center of image. Is fuji f20’s macro more accurate?
2) Which one of them allows faster shutter speeds at their maximum (± noise free) ISO 400? Is it realistic to expect speeds of 1/250 or at least 1/200 at ISO 400 and at full zoom during digiscoping against dark background on an ‘average’ day with 60mm scope/20x eyepiece? Which one of these cameras is more reliable in low light conditions in general?
3) My canon’s outer lens diameter is 32 mm and it perfectly fits my scope’s eyepiece equipped for additional stability with a narrow plastic ring. I never experienced any vignetting at half to full zoom. Could somebody drop, please, the corresponding lens diameters for fuji f20 and sony w50?
Would be great to get any advice on camera selection, especially from birders familiar with both fuji f20 and sony w50.
Greetings and happy birding!
