gail captain
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This is my 3rd digital, I moved from kodak to nikon 5200 back to Kodak z885 because it was the same SMALL size with a finger grip and better features. And it takes bigger mpg movie too.
We are long distance bycycle riders and I look for small & light for our travels. A camera that won't pop out of my hand while riding.
I like to only carry one item to a party and when I want to capture a movie. I don't have to search and pull out the camcorder. Which I like the fast swtich from still to movie in 2 clicks.
I don't yet know what/how to use the favorites button?
I set the sound to let me know it focused and then to capture the pic, this way I know it was trying to focus.
I have large exotic parrots/macaws/eclectus's/amazons, cockatoo. Cats, and Border Collies and I need to have the camera ready at any time. The low ISO is great.
REALLY like the LOW ISO, I used the 8000 in a candle lite dinner & the pic turned very good. Grainy but I got the pic and I can remember the moment very well. I'll use at dusk and the pic looks like daylight. pretty darn good. Though the camera should be held very still or on a tripod. But again I got the pic. where my other would NOT have captured the secene.
Glad it has a 5 optical zoom, I would think if the Low ISO they could try for a bigger zoom.
Problems:
Macro does not perform well in any kind of light. Meaning I can't get close to the object.
My past cameras did well in macro. And here you have to go to the scene to Find the icon. These Icons could be a bit bigger, it takes a few moments to figure out what the picture means.
The only way I can make it bigger is to use the cropping.
I do not like this cropping process. When I take a pic I want to use the zoom and play fast with it and hit enter. This one I have to go to the MENU and remember what they call it and WASTE time instead of enjoying the party.
I am using a really good battery charger that I know has charged up the batteries to thier allowd milliamp (1700 & more) and this camera goes through batteris fast. But the reall problem is when I first turn on the camera it will NOT start up. I have to open the batter cover and reclose it to get the camera to turn on. This is really bad, because when I turn it on, I'm needing to take the snap shot fast, before the object moves away.
The other bad issues is, if you hit the MENU button by accident, like grabbing the body. The date & time gets reset to the beginning. Now when you down load the pic, they end up NOT in order.
So what is the use of a 8mp if they suggest you use the 7mp instead??
We are long distance bycycle riders and I look for small & light for our travels. A camera that won't pop out of my hand while riding.
I like to only carry one item to a party and when I want to capture a movie. I don't have to search and pull out the camcorder. Which I like the fast swtich from still to movie in 2 clicks.
I don't yet know what/how to use the favorites button?
I set the sound to let me know it focused and then to capture the pic, this way I know it was trying to focus.
I have large exotic parrots/macaws/eclectus's/amazons, cockatoo. Cats, and Border Collies and I need to have the camera ready at any time. The low ISO is great.
REALLY like the LOW ISO, I used the 8000 in a candle lite dinner & the pic turned very good. Grainy but I got the pic and I can remember the moment very well. I'll use at dusk and the pic looks like daylight. pretty darn good. Though the camera should be held very still or on a tripod. But again I got the pic. where my other would NOT have captured the secene.
Glad it has a 5 optical zoom, I would think if the Low ISO they could try for a bigger zoom.
Problems:
Macro does not perform well in any kind of light. Meaning I can't get close to the object.
My past cameras did well in macro. And here you have to go to the scene to Find the icon. These Icons could be a bit bigger, it takes a few moments to figure out what the picture means.
The only way I can make it bigger is to use the cropping.
I do not like this cropping process. When I take a pic I want to use the zoom and play fast with it and hit enter. This one I have to go to the MENU and remember what they call it and WASTE time instead of enjoying the party.
I am using a really good battery charger that I know has charged up the batteries to thier allowd milliamp (1700 & more) and this camera goes through batteris fast. But the reall problem is when I first turn on the camera it will NOT start up. I have to open the batter cover and reclose it to get the camera to turn on. This is really bad, because when I turn it on, I'm needing to take the snap shot fast, before the object moves away.
The other bad issues is, if you hit the MENU button by accident, like grabbing the body. The date & time gets reset to the beginning. Now when you down load the pic, they end up NOT in order.
So what is the use of a 8mp if they suggest you use the 7mp instead??