Author: Martin Slowik
Date: 08:59:28 10/27/05
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Hi Gerold, actually for most tasks there is usually more than just one solution. It depends on your taste and, not to forget, on your wallet. ;) Now this gets probably a little OT... but anyway... I'm a big fan of Nikon SLR equipment with interchangeable lenses and the D2X would be the most desirable item on my list besides the R40 and Elite A/G v10... However the D50 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50/ actually offers everything an amateur like me will need. More important than the casing are the lenses: while for photographers the casing is their "body", they refer to the lenses of their cameras as their "babies"... Well, my fav lens for portraits and normal shooting situations is the Nikkor (that's how Nikon calls their lenses) 85mm/1.4 http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=1933 while for close ups the probably best lens is the 60mm/2.8 macro http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=1987 For your task probably the vibration reduced 24-120mm/3.5 http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=2145 perhaps together with a teleconverter (I own a Kenko teleplus pro 300 I'm very satisfied with) would be best still affordable choice. Of course, as with most things in life, there's a little snag in it yet: although you'd make your salesman very happy with your visit, buying all of those items you'd leave more on the counter than you'd need for a mint R30 or a Renaissance Sparc (if you'd find one). So perhaps there's a better solution for you (assumed that you don't already own any of those lenses above). The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz5/ would probably be the camera I'd buy, if I hadn't a soft spot for Nikon equipment (and hadn't invested a large four digit sum already...). This camera has a non-interchangeable lense by Leica which should be absolutely excellent and works in a range up to 432mm (analog equivalent) which should be enough to catch even the most distant wildlife. The camera as a whole (not only the lens) has vibration reduction technology which is important if you shoot at tele distance. Some people prefer Minoltas, i.e. the A2: http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/konica-minolta-a2.shtml (a very good internet site I visit often) but the drawback is that its technology is already more than one year old (and I'd trust the Leica lenses more, to be honest). Anyway, what ever you decide, shooting wild animals is a difficult task. One needs lots of patience and ... sheer luck, I guess. :) Wish you the best, Nikon Regards, Martin On October 27, 2005 at 09:01:04, gerold daniels wrote: >Good morning martin. Is there a C on any of those pictures. >I know some of these neat little mobile camera's pictures don't turn out so >good. What is the best camera for shooting close-ups. Also what is best for >shooting pictures at 1200ft. I have a lot of wild life here i would like to >shoot but getting the right long range camera is a problem. Thanks for any >help on this. > >camera bug,Gerold. > >P.s. I plan on mounting a camera in a jungle like field to get pictures of >wildlife crossing trails. Could i use elec.sensor to trigger a shot at passing >wildlife.
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