Brandon birder

Easy. As the effective resolution of the P1000 is reduced about 1.5megapixels by diffraction. A 1/16th crop from a 1" sensor RX10 mk 3 or 4 would give as good a picture in a smaller more carry able...

I'm also disappointed with Nikons loss of support for the N1 system and I can see a future in the Z series cameras but at some cost, weight and lack of reach. I still have a complete birding N1 ...

It will. The image n the display or the evf is downsampled many times from the full sensor image. It may also be sharpened in the firmware to make focussing easy. The image at 3000mm is just not ...

But if it’s not fine when pixel peeping (100%) then it can only work with downsampling to a smaller image or possibly only for web images. Though this image is blurred even when viewed on my iPad ...

The Sony RX10mk3 is even better (than the FZ1000) though pricier. It has a 1" sensor with a crop factor of 2.7. A quarter crop from this (roughly the same as a 1/2.3") gives a better image  than my ...

Excellent images, especially the last one. Did you use the P1000 flash or a remote flash. What distance were you from the last shot.

Excellent shots.Well done. Great to get a lifer.

Steve, thanks for posting as you found it. You are clearly an experienced wildlife photographer and know what it means to have sharp images and understand varying effects with distance. I’m sorry ...

Thanks for posting. On an iPad these are nice images. Red tailed hawk? 2 has some feather detail but hawk 1 all detail is blurred at 100% due to diffraction I presume. Red winged blackbird and the ...

But as I already said this bird is close and the image has been downsampled. i know a fair bit about what birdwatchers do to get the best image from small sensor cameras. I started with superzooms ...

Yes but these are much closer as I already commented in bold. They may be downsampled too which enhances sharpness??

That’s interesting. Is it the light direction (P900 subject in shade and backlit) or just better algorithms and zoom. My guess is the former and some more zoom

When birders talk of feather detail they usually mean visibility of the barbules, those comb like structures in the feathers and not just feather edge detail. In this shot the feather barbules are ...

Not a great comparison as the P900 image is of much higher contrast than the D7200 image. This gives the illusion of a bigger difference which i’m Sure could be matched by enlarging an equivalent ...

Well I did look at Alberto’s Facebook page and the translation in the other thread on dpreview and I think his impressions without image evidence is not worth much. I really do hope the P1000 is ...

My main comment on Alberto’s comparison is that his D850 shots are poor and blurred probably due to insufficient shutter speed and or poor technique. All meaningful feather detail is missing from ...

As a keen birdwatcher who likes to take photographs of what I see, the ability to have a compact camera with you which does the job is my ideal. I don’t want to carry a tripod ever. What matters to ...

Thanks for posting. looks like it uses the same batteries as my V3.

Not saying there isn't a place for a P1000 superzoom but for bird photography a Nikon V3 and 70-300cx lens is nearly ideal for a lightweight carry anywhere lens. It uses the 1" sensor.. It's ...

Yes but I hope when Nikon do theirs that they won’t change their existing great imo ergonomics. Currently I can make whatever changes I want to settings without moving my eye from the viewfinder. ...