Camera Choice.
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Looks good W&M, I have a monopole which I find works well. I got an attachment to it so can clamp it to the shelf in the hides. Good luck with your purchases.
Just about 100% sure I will get the Sony RX 10 4, it’s nearly perfect focussing on moving objects is very impressive,I need all the help I can get with that aspect of photography
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Blimey, Oneputt, I've just browsed thro Jessops advert for the Sony -- think I'll need some headache pills now not to mention a couple of Hi-Tech dictionaries / thesaurus
Sounds super technical to me 
. Wish you much luck & some classy subjects for you to work on !!Green-eyes, Crewe
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If it’s anything like my RX100, One, it becomes pretty self explanatory as you plough through it.
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I found it incredibly difficult in making the final decision.
I've used the SX70 today in the field, and certainly a bridge type was the correct choice, and of this size in a hip worn holster, so much easier to use than the SLR, and as a result, on our walk today I've been able to take more photos than I normally would.
Whether the Canon is the best for my use, the jury is still out.
I found the auto focus point is taking some getting used to, one picture was blurred beyond use, but it could still be me not using it correctly.
I'm not the one to give advice on this, all I can add is research, I found YouTube a valuable tool for this.
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So these are point and shoot, a mix of focus tracking and then the other? still figuring that out!
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why are you using 'focus tracking' for stationary objects?
Brilliant pics!
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Hello Cornersteady.
Thank you, first attempts.
I'm either not understanding how the camera works, or stuck in old school thinking.
But when I point the camera at my chosen subject a green box will appear in the view finder, a focus point, this can be left, right up down, one or two, which at the moment is frustrating the heck out of me, as sometimes it's not focusing on what I have centralised in the shot.
By pressing active track the camera then puts a small box in the centre of the view finder which I can then "lock on", so I did that on some photos, I'm probably wrong.
Help is most welcome, it was just, in the field use for the first time I was struggling to understand what and why.
Lots more reading and garden practice required!
Darren.
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I use active track on mine quite regularly especially if there is a bird sitting in branches/hedges etc. I find that it helps to pin point the focus on the subject I want. When I go to film low flying aircraft at the Max Loop later this year I think the feature will come into its own.
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Good to know, thanks.
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OK yes similar to my two canons (80D and 77D) I always have it on center box/spot only and forget all the other focus points (all 45 of them), just focus using that one on the part of the pic I want in focus then recompose as needed.
I also use 'back focusing' (not back focus) or back button focus so that focusing and shutter/metering are separated. It's sounds a faff but once you do it is it actually quicker and leads to better exposure even with moving objects/people. But it's a personal thing.
Some good videos here and here
The second video is probably better
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indeed each subject type almost defines they way you use your camera.
But wow isn't modern auto focus a wonder? especially when tracking moving (fast) objects? also image stabilisation too.
Does anyone else remember the uproar when canon changed to the EF mount from FD? Paid dividend in the end though. Any new developments (like IS) are easily incorporated.
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I certainly do, Canon T90 with a 300mm F2.8 lens manual focus used wide open late Saturday wintery afternoons or evenings under poor floodlights trying to catch sports pics with about 10 inches of depth of field, followed by traffic bound dash to the office and hours in the darkroom.
Best of the fastest films was a Fuji 800asa/iso pushed to 1600 shutter speeds of 1/250 per second needing to get 5/6 pics from a roll of 36 exposures, 2 portrait, 2 potentially square images and 2 landscape to fit the holes in the page that the sub editor had already scoped out the page layout before seeing any pics.
If you missed the important moments either a goal, try or streaker, you had to explain why.
Compare today, endless number of images on 64gb cards ISO up to and beyond 250000 high shutter speeds even under very low light, auto focus and very lightweight equipment. All followed by instant images on the Laptop via wifi. which is wired from the ground back to the office while enjoying a cool beer to finish the afternoon evenings game.
Methinks I was born too soon.
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me too as well. Agree with all of that 100%
Also mention the photoshop type programs that allow even more adjustment and even selective adjustment than could ever have been with a negative.
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I've always been strictly amateur with photography, my brother is the serious one, has been for over 50 years.
I suppose his enthusiasm rubbed off a little, especially as years back I was the one tasked with carrying his equipment!
His light meter would fascinate me, that's my very first memory of a gadget, photographic or otherwise.
So back to this bridge camera, Canon Sx70.
The weekend gone was the start of our seasonal pitch season, I went on my own, Michelle was working, that's the caravan link over with
.Sunday I crammed in as much camera instruction reading as I could before home time, I have to say, even though its gloopy reading, its essential.
What Cornersteady says about different subjects I found to be very true, I've now set up the custom button 1 and 2 for landscape and close up (wildlife) respectively.
Quite pleased with my progress with the camera so far.
My little dog acted as a model, managed to set tracking on her face while she was in the garden and I the conservatory.
Pan and tilt round as I followed her exploring, the tripod I bought is fantastic, to then take a really ok shot, wifi it to my phone, crop and enhance, then upload to a website for a canvas print!
No stamp required anyone else feeling old?
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I rarely print photos. For the last 3 years I store what I consider to be my best/favourite/funniest photos in a separate folder then in November put them together to create a calendar to give as Christmas pressies.
With the exception of cropping, I rarely if ever manipulate my photo's. When I do I use Paint which came free on the computer.
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Same day, place, almost time, within a few minutes of the above, just a different direction, weather is bonkers today here in SUFFOLK🤣
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I was knocked off bicycle last year, low speed impact, still flew over the bonnet and knocked unconscious damaged just about every muscle group up the right side of my body!
Upshot, I've started riding again recently and been thinking about a really decent action camera, will have a gander, thank you.
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Couple of fun snaps taken yesterday.
Technology is amazing, to recap I did buy the Canon Sx70 bridge camera, on the lense is stamped 21-1365 35mm equiv, which I exploit to its max.
I've linked the camera to my phone which allows remote capture, zoom and picture transfer, the transfer option is step one in posting the four pictures on this forum.
After transfer, the amazing blue sky cloud photo was only slightly enhanced using a free app, then reduced in size by another free app
All incredible easy, the mobile is a Samsung S9 plus and works seamlessly with the camera.
A lightweight camera, easy to use and understand the many functions, a little flimsy in construction, but a cracking purchase.
A spare battery is a must, around £7 from Amazon, the camera has no mains power supply and can turn off right in the middle of a thing.
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I've got a Canon SX30 which I've had for about ten years now. Very versatile and much easier than lugging a DSLR with myriad of lenses. No doubt the SX70, being the latest incarnation, is even more impressive.
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That's pretty much what swung it, the weight and speed of use.
I bought a holster type camera bag and some metal quick clips, these I attach to my belt loops.
I can draw my camera quicker than John Wayne can shoot a silver dollar!
Here's a couple of pictures from today's walk started at Southwold Harbour.
I dabbled with the aperture size under AV setting.
At least Cyber you knew bridge cameras existed, completely passed me by.
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. Suppose I should have said Enjoyment or Pleasure 
