Subject: [Tweeters] digital camera binoculars
Date: Sep 7 06:48:39 2006
From: Mark Wensnahan - reganw at rockisland.com


Kara,

Depending on your budget, you might consider going with an ultra-zoom
camera instead of camera binoculars. The 12x ultra-zooms give you
essentially the same magnification as 8x binoculars. They generally
have "auto" settings that make them easy to use if you just need to
snap pictures but they also have features that can be truly useful
for birding. I own the Canon S2 IS (cost $320). In addition to zoomed
pictures it (1) has image stabilization which means the zoomed
pictures don't suffer from blurring in most cases, (2) takes high
quality video to capture bird behavior, (3) records sound to capture
bird songs and record field notes, and (4) can take pictures in rapid
succession to capture rapidly moving subjects like hummingbirds. The
only real downside is that pictures can often come out very grainy in
low light conditions but from what I have heard this is true of
pretty much any digital camera.

Take care, Mark

At 9/6/2006, Kara Whittaker wrote:
>Dear Tweeters,
>
>I'm in the market for a pair of digital camera binoculars, and
>wondered if anyone could recommend a particular brand or
>model? Which features do you think are most important for someone
>with little photography but considerable birding experience? Thanks
>in advance for your guidance.
>
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>Kara A. Whittaker, PhD candidate
>Division of Ecosystem Science
>College of Forest Resources
>University of Washington
>Box 352100
>Seattle, WA 98195
>Phone: (206)399-0047
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>http://courses.washington.edu/vseminar/main.htm
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Mark Wensnahan
Ballard/Seattle
reganw at rockisland.com