Okay...about time someone did this although I consider this only a start, others need to chime in and do the same...experiment and show side by side so folks start getting a sense of what each of these cameras can do from a distance to up close. These shots were taken from around 30-40 meters distance.
To begin with, this owl nest is right outside my backdoor..I am not disturbing them and do more disturbing this nest by turning on my car or tending to the garden than I do taking a shot of them, so please understand that. I cannot help but see them as I just look out of my patio and there they are.
Second...I took these shots under overcast skies, around 60 degrees and in the Pacific Northwest of Washington, USA.
The first two shots are from the Canon 7D plus 400 prime. Shutter was 1/1250. ISO of 250, exp -2/3, F5.6 with an effective range of 640mm. The first is uncropped while the second is cropped so I can better get an idea of comparing it to the last digiscoped shot.
The second pairings (shots 3 and 4) are from a Canon SX10 Bridge camera at 20x or around 540mm range. Yes, this is not the latest Bridge camera from Canon but in all fairness, this camera has a reputation as having one of the best opticals as it is 10mp which matches the sensor. Still a great little camera although not 35 zoom as some bridges are now. I also included an uncropped shot and a cropped shot to better match the digiscoped shot. the settings were a shutter of 1/110, F5.7, IS)100, and exp of - 1/3.
The final shot or number five is an uncropped digiscoped shot at around 1700mm. Zoom of 20 on the Swaro 80HD scope with the Canon S90 camera at 85mm. ( 20 x 85=1700 range). The settings were ISO of 100, 1/250. F4.5 and exp at -2/3.
So there you have it...the nest is around 30-40 meters from the back of my house on the cliff as I look downwards. An obvious and easy shot.
Thoughts?.... I am thinking optically that one of the latest bridge cameras when cropped would not show up any better. From my results they are pretty even. The swaro digiscoping is still much closer and I should try to crop the other images to match. But between the cropped versions of the 7D and Bridge, there isn't that much of a difference surprisingly.
To begin with, this owl nest is right outside my backdoor..I am not disturbing them and do more disturbing this nest by turning on my car or tending to the garden than I do taking a shot of them, so please understand that. I cannot help but see them as I just look out of my patio and there they are.
Second...I took these shots under overcast skies, around 60 degrees and in the Pacific Northwest of Washington, USA.
The first two shots are from the Canon 7D plus 400 prime. Shutter was 1/1250. ISO of 250, exp -2/3, F5.6 with an effective range of 640mm. The first is uncropped while the second is cropped so I can better get an idea of comparing it to the last digiscoped shot.
The second pairings (shots 3 and 4) are from a Canon SX10 Bridge camera at 20x or around 540mm range. Yes, this is not the latest Bridge camera from Canon but in all fairness, this camera has a reputation as having one of the best opticals as it is 10mp which matches the sensor. Still a great little camera although not 35 zoom as some bridges are now. I also included an uncropped shot and a cropped shot to better match the digiscoped shot. the settings were a shutter of 1/110, F5.7, IS)100, and exp of - 1/3.
The final shot or number five is an uncropped digiscoped shot at around 1700mm. Zoom of 20 on the Swaro 80HD scope with the Canon S90 camera at 85mm. ( 20 x 85=1700 range). The settings were ISO of 100, 1/250. F4.5 and exp at -2/3.
So there you have it...the nest is around 30-40 meters from the back of my house on the cliff as I look downwards. An obvious and easy shot.
Thoughts?.... I am thinking optically that one of the latest bridge cameras when cropped would not show up any better. From my results they are pretty even. The swaro digiscoping is still much closer and I should try to crop the other images to match. But between the cropped versions of the 7D and Bridge, there isn't that much of a difference surprisingly.
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