Lovely example of a very pretty bird. Interesting how there are two distinctly different colour feathers on the crown: just at the start of breeding season and still in transition perhaps?I think you are off to a great start with the new camera. I didn't take any pics with mine until I'd had it for about 4 days. The quality of the images you should get are very high and can match, or closely rival a Canon 7d in quality terms. The sharp details you get in your images, mean you can do a lot of extra cropping and still keep getting great results, although obvioulsy, there's a limit. One thing I'm not seeing in your wren shots yet, is the finer details in the lower breast plumage (see my image below). Are you using Clear image Zoom (CIZ) by any chance? I find Smart Zoom (SZ) good, but CIZ smears details, although only noticeable when enlarged. My images have improved since I bought the camera last December, but I'm not sure why I suddenly started to get better with it. Practice, perhaps, I just don't know. I am constantly amazed at how good the quality is with this camera, but its not without its quirks. EG if you use SZ and go beyond 600mm the autofocus area switches to "wide" and the AF system reverts to the 25 point CDAF method. Generally that's ok for perching birds, but for birds in flight, it constantly loses them and is therefore hopeless. Enjoy the new toy and the associated learning curve.
Superb Blue Wren
Thanks Alwyn. This bird is either losing its colour after the breeding season, or regaining for the next one. I'm not sure which.Lovely example of a very pretty bird. Interesting how there are two distinctly different colour feathers on the crown: just at the start of breeding season and still in transition perhaps?I think you are off to a great start with the new camera. I didn't take any pics with mine until I'd had it for about 4 days. The quality of the images you should get are very high and can match, or closely rival a Canon 7d in quality terms. The sharp details you get in your images, mean you can do a lot of extra cropping and still keep getting great results, although obvioulsy, there's a limit. One thing I'm not seeing in your wren shots yet, is the finer details in the lower breast plumage (see my image below). Are you using Clear image Zoom (CIZ) by any chance? I find Smart Zoom (SZ) good, but CIZ smears details, although only noticeable when enlarged. My images have improved since I bought the camera last December, but I'm not sure why I suddenly started to get better with it. Practice, perhaps, I just don't know. I am constantly amazed at how good the quality is with this camera, but its not without its quirks. EG if you use SZ and go beyond 600mm the autofocus area switches to "wide" and the AF system reverts to the 25 point CDAF method. Generally that's ok for perching birds, but for birds in flight, it constantly loses them and is therefore hopeless. Enjoy the new toy and the associated learning curve.
Superb Blue Wren
Also agree with your comment on the lack of detail in the breast feathers of the OP's images.
