I have an idea but you may or may not like it.
What for birds in flight , kingfisher diving for fish etc . He already has a P1000 and is very proficient with it especially with kingfisher photography but he wants something with much faster auto focus and 800mm of reach to complement his P1000
I have played around spotting scopes, they aren't really that great, maybe usable for static objects.
Thank you all for caring about me! Looks like for now the RX10M4 is the perfect and only choice for me. Actually, that 10000 yuan budget has not been gathered yet - I sold a used premium laptop (Asus ZenBook Flip S) to my mother for 7000 yuan last year but she has never used it or paid me the money; I have a seldom used Canon SX740 HS which I will test night heron BIF performance and if it doesn't outperform my Nikon A1000 I will sell it for 2000 yuan. I will save another 1000 yuan from my weekly allowances so that's where this 10000 yuan budget comes from. As you can see now, the budget hasn't been gathered yet...What for birds in flight , kingfisher diving for fish etc . He already has a P1000 and is very proficient with it especially with kingfisher photography but he wants something with much faster auto focus and 800mm of reach to complement his P1000
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66063036
so no an Olympus camera with contrast only AF isn’t going to help so it needs to be a high end model with phase detect .
If you read the thread you will read he wants shots like this so good tracking and fast continuous AF are a must
So there is always a possibility to spend that budget on something else (not a camera) and stay with my P1000. If birding is not considered (birding was not my original purpose to buy a P900/P1000; international plane spotting was), the RX10M4 suffices to do plane spotting - there is a spot at Pudong Int'l Airport, Shanghai to photograph taxiing international airliners at 400mm EFL, which is a perfect scenario for the RX10M4. But it's still not a good time to see planes from all nations coming to Shanghai, you know.
The Sony sounds perfect in your scenario. I sure enjoy watching planes, hopefully China will open back up soon when this round of virus plays out. It's been a brutal couple of years for the world.
What kind of camera can take a picture like that? I simply do BIF over a perch or a bird feeder for which the focus remains fixed so no need for continuous AF. A high aperture is used (f/9) for a deep area of focus, so the focus need not be precise, as there will be a decent depth of focus.What for birds in flight , kingfisher diving for fish etc . He already has a P1000 and is very proficient with it especially with kingfisher photography but he wants something with much faster auto focus and 800mm of reach to complement his P1000
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66063036
so no an Olympus camera with contrast only AF isn’t going to help so it needs to be a high end model with phase detect .
If you read the thread you will read he wants shots like this so good tracking and fast continuous AF are a must
Looks like "more focal range" combined with "better fast action / low light performance" (or simply "sBIF" - small bird in flight) is the money drain in the camera game. A bystander at a park told me birders are usually rich people (except us P950/P1000 users, haha), and indeed I found some birders I got acquainted with in kingfisher photography to be company owners.
Most dslr cameras and mirror less with a good zoom can as long as they have phase detect and good afcWhat kind of camera can take a picture like that? I simply do BIF over a perch or a bird feeder for which the focus remains fixed so no need for continuous AF. A high aperture is used (f/9) for a deep area of focus, so the focus need not be precise, as there will be a decent depth of focus.What for birds in flight , kingfisher diving for fish etc . He already has a P1000 and is very proficient with it especially with kingfisher photography but he wants something with much faster auto focus and 800mm of reach to complement his P1000
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66063036
so no an Olympus camera with contrast only AF isn’t going to help so it needs to be a high end model with phase detect .
If you read the thread you will read he wants shots like this so good tracking and fast continuous AF are a must
Since I'll be buying a toy, I want a new (instead of used) toy...
Such a shame they don't sell this anymore. I tried to search body and lens, while I can find the lens (extremely cheap too), I can't find a v2 or v3 body.
Why not Sony? The following article does rank the Sony A1 as the top mirrorless BIF solution:
If Sigma 150-600 Contemporary is used, how do you think of these two setups?Most dslr cameras and mirror less with a good zoom can as long as they have phase detect and good afcWhat kind of camera can take a picture like that? I simply do BIF over a perch or a bird feeder for which the focus remains fixed so no need for continuous AF. A high aperture is used (f/9) for a deep area of focus, so the focus need not be precise, as there will be a decent depth of focus.What for birds in flight , kingfisher diving for fish etc . He already has a P1000 and is very proficient with it especially with kingfisher photography but he wants something with much faster auto focus and 800mm of reach to complement his P1000
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66063036
so no an Olympus camera with contrast only AF isn’t going to help so it needs to be a high end model with phase detect .
If you read the thread you will read he wants shots like this so good tracking and fast continuous AF are a must
my D7200 with sigma 150-600 had no problem at all
How is this combo better than say a EM10 Mk2 with the 75-300mm lens? The 300mm focal length is the same on both lenses and I would say the Oly camera has many more features. I also dont understand why 1" sensor cameras were made with the old film 3:2 aspect ratio I much prefer 4:3 and that is what the Oly has.
Hmmm.
