Stephen McDonald

It was not a very good place to take high-zoom video, with all the haze in the air and distortion of light waves by the heat. The 3,000mm zoom can't be used to good effect, when there's conditions ...

It's an observation drone that the alien motherships send down to take a closer look at us. Little did you know, that as you were peering at it, it was looking back closely at you (and with better ...

The sensor system you describe is what already exists in many cameras.  It would simply be based on in-camera cropping, reducing the active area of the sensor to a smaller, center segment with ...

I assume that these noodles have a fast digestion speed? A red kitchen light required?

Well, as I indicated, the lens would need to be modified, to throw a larger image on 1/1.7-inch or 2/3-inch size-types of sensors.  But the P1000 lens would be large enough with some of its ...

Yes, one adjustment you could make in a couple of months, would be to lift up the lens cap and slip a P1000 under it (just a joke, as it wouldn't fit the larger lens). This new camera has an input ...

A 1/1.7-inch type sensor would have about 50% more sensing area than the 1/2.3-inch type. This would undoubtedly increase the image quality and reduce the noise. But it's still small enough, that ...

Considering how long the lens is on the P1000 and how small the sensor, what I've seen from it so far, in both photos and videos, is very impressive. And I've been a hardcore Sony user for a long ...

Yes, you can see a fine little jiggle when it's zoomed tight. At that focal-length, just a breeze  blowing over the camera, can cause that, even on a tripod. I get less of that with my ...

The autofocus held pretty tight on the zoom to the lion, with only a slight variance at the end. Most people probably wouldn't even see it.  It's the best video autofocus I've seen on a zoom, by a ...

I think it's been determined that this series of Nikon cameras uses Sony sensors. Correct me, if I'm wrong about that. I doubt that the P1000 sensor will be any different from the one in the ...

I wonder if the P1000 will awaken any competition from Sony, Canon and Panasonic? Their own lines of superzoom cameras seem to be in a state of suspension. Or do they really compete or are they ...

That mounting accessory has options for both 1/4-inch and 3/8-inch mounting bolts. I've converted all my cameras and shoulder-mounts/monopods to 3/8-inch bolts, that go in about 3 times as deep, ...

If I had one, I'd add some things that would make it about a pound heavier and never use it when not on a monopod or shoulder-mount. I used to shoot with a 23-lb video rig on a shoulder-mount, so ...

There are no users of the Nikon P1000 yet, other than a few who have pre-production models. I'm talking not about an existing model, but the upcoming one and questioning how that extreme zoom lens...

I'd like one with half the zoom reach (still plenty) and a 2/3-inch sensor (twice as much sensing area).

Waiting for a few dozen of you to buy and demonstrate this, before I consider it. I wish it had an adjustable zoom stop, to keep it from going past about about 60%. I wouldn't expect great results ...

Too bad that they had to expand the already excessive zoom power of its predecessor. That will not help the image quality. Perhaps never going beyond about 60% full zoom, would alleviate that...

What about Getty Images' responsibility for selling the image to the Postal Service and claiming they had clear rights to it and its subject? Suppose you took a photo of a work of art, with no...

At a certain point, especially with small sensors, you get diminishing returns with more pixels. The pixels are smaller and with the low-cost components in these cameras, less is more. Many of the ...