I have owned a P950 for about 18 months, and I quite like it... for some purposes, but not others.
I use my camera for wildlife photography and while hillwalking. The P950 is good for the former because of its range, and for the latter because of its lightness. I find it very useful when bird-watching as a long-range backup to my binoculars (10×30).
Often, if a bird is too far away to identify with binoculars, a photo on the P950, quickly zoomed in on Display, will show me sufficient detail to confirm identification. Mind you, the photo is only a record - it won't be a work of art!
However, I currently have a problem: my Display (see photo)
Screen showing obsuring overlay on Display. How to remove?
shows an overlay, showing Comment, Artist and Copyright. I cannot see the photo beneath, and can't find anything in the manual about how to remove this useless and irritating feature! Help, please!
Another problem I have is that the camera always defaults to under-exposure, by between .3 and .7 of a stop. So I have to adjust it manually every time. Why is this, and can it be re-set?
Last problem I have is with butterfly photography. With the enormous zoom capability, the,P950 should be great for these small subjects - but, even on macro setting, if I am a distance away, I zoom in to get the butterfly at a good size, and then find the camera won't focus! I have to zoom back out, and eventually, the camera will settle and focus. The subject butterfly is then quite small in the frame. I then have to enlarge it later, and lose the definition in so doing. So I never get a really crisp final result - frustrating!
I must be doing it wrong - bad workman blaming his tools. Any advice gratefully received.
I use my camera for wildlife photography and while hillwalking. The P950 is good for the former because of its range, and for the latter because of its lightness. I find it very useful when bird-watching as a long-range backup to my binoculars (10×30).
Often, if a bird is too far away to identify with binoculars, a photo on the P950, quickly zoomed in on Display, will show me sufficient detail to confirm identification. Mind you, the photo is only a record - it won't be a work of art!
However, I currently have a problem: my Display (see photo)
Screen showing obsuring overlay on Display. How to remove?
shows an overlay, showing Comment, Artist and Copyright. I cannot see the photo beneath, and can't find anything in the manual about how to remove this useless and irritating feature! Help, please!
Another problem I have is that the camera always defaults to under-exposure, by between .3 and .7 of a stop. So I have to adjust it manually every time. Why is this, and can it be re-set?
Last problem I have is with butterfly photography. With the enormous zoom capability, the,P950 should be great for these small subjects - but, even on macro setting, if I am a distance away, I zoom in to get the butterfly at a good size, and then find the camera won't focus! I have to zoom back out, and eventually, the camera will settle and focus. The subject butterfly is then quite small in the frame. I then have to enlarge it later, and lose the definition in so doing. So I never get a really crisp final result - frustrating!
I must be doing it wrong - bad workman blaming his tools. Any advice gratefully received.
