@jcmarfilph : Did you take the original photos when you did your crop? When i compare you samples and the original photos, your samples look like crap but originals are still fantastics. Maybe you did something wrong.
Joms is a bit jealous that his Fuji is lagging behind folks...NOTICE the crop is from extreme right out of focus plane and I had the camera set too sharp and too little NR also THAT part of the bird was in the SHADE...lol...so once we figure these FZ200's out we will have a winner for sure...I will post some test of FZ150 and FZ200 today that will make Joms jump and he'll have to start eating his crow while it's fresh...lol...
Nice try Joms we still ain't as dumb as you look...
Why would I be jealous to a slow toyzoom cam?
I can take shots way faster with a manual zoom camera.
Intelligent wildlife shooters are not as dumb as you and I can assure you, these images won't pass to the taste of the more experienced birder than me.
I have seen far better images from SX40 and FZ150 than these ones.
Yes, even at 100% view.
What you've shown are just mere ISO-100 shots which failed miserably when there are shadows. How about higher ISO shots? Don't even bother.
Here is one ISO-800 using HS30
