Your Canon Photos No. 3: 21st to 27th May 2023

Dunlin,

Thanks. It's tough to take photos of these jets when they are moving so fast. It's challenging especially since that lens is relatively heavy.

Ray,

Thanks. That older Canon T3i (600D) took nice photos with that lens, as long as the ISO levels were not too high.

Hi HessleHiker, Thank You.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

I liked the light when I took it. Works sometime. 😄

Really nice photos there Digirame.

In 2013 I was forced to sell most of my equipment and to compensate I tried my luck with a cheap bridge camera from Canon and while it was slow and very noisy it did pretty good for what it was.

Common Tern (2014)

That’s a great picture. I can imagine how difficult it is to get a sharp photo of a fast moving plane at that sort of focal length.

After a few compacts, the first camera I bought was a Canon SX410 IS.
While it certainly wasn't perfect, the little bridge (known to myself as "the red camera" - you can guess which model colour I had) was actually really good at some things - namely, the wide zoom range and the macro capability. I do plan to try a more advanced bridge camera some day... apparently Nikon and Sony are the main makers of bridge cameras... not Canon anymore.
All taken with the "red camera" - just-fledged juvenile European Wren, European Robin, an emperor dragonfly, and a Herring Gull chick in its nest.

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I still have the camera, unfortunately I curiously shook the camera (to see if the lens rattled) and the lens has been dodgy since, though it still works. 😕 Lesson - do not shake your bridge camera.

I think that’s a well timed and framed photo Ray. I’ve never used a bridge camera.

After a few compacts, the first camera I bought was a Canon SX410 IS.
While it certainly wasn't perfect, the little bridge (known to myself as "the red camera" - you can guess which model colour I had) was actually really good at some things - namely, the wide zoom range and the macro capability. I do plan to try a more advanced bridge camera some day... apparently Nikon and Sony are the main makers of bridge cameras... not Canon anymore.
All taken with the "red camera" - just-fledged juvenile European Wren, European Robin, an emperor dragonfly, and a Herring Gull chick in its nest.

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I still have the camera, unfortunately I curiously shook the camera (to see if the lens rattled) and the lens has been dodgy since, though it still works. 😕 Lesson - do not shake your bridge camera.
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Nice photos Dunlin. I especially like the backlit Robin and the dragonfly.

I'm not planning for any bridge cam soon but I never shake anything camera related by default.

The Canon SX410 IS seems to be another budget device well capable for what it is, nice pictures.

Thanks HessleHiker. Some bridge camera's have surprising specs and capabilities but its always a compromise.

HessleHiker,

Thanks. I'm glad you like my older pictures. To take these pictures of birds at this one spot, I found it advantageous to wait until winter when the deciduous leaves dropped. Then there were these bare branches and I could find the birds without obstructions. I had to stand very still and move very slowly when I wanted to use that large telephoto lens, so that I would not scare them off.

Ray,

That's a great capture of the Tern. It does take patience sometimes to catch them like that.

I know what you mean about having to sell things off. I didn't have to sell my cameras but for me the Great Recession of 2009 was tough. It made me more conservative. Now we have to be prepared for the next one. I hope things are going well for you now.

HessleHiker,

Yes, it can be difficult to capture the planes like that with a big lens. But the challenge to do that, makes it exhilarating. I did attend another air show last weekend. I was really trying hard to keep the planes in the center of the photo, rather than off to the sides. Some of them move too fast.

Dunlin,

It's nice to see your "red camera" pictures of birds. I didn't know (or remember) what you used before taking pictures with the Canon 7D. Once I had a 6mp Sony H2 camera that had 12x zoom. I'm not sure it would be considered a bridge camera, but it was pretty versatile. But later I wanted to use DSLR cameras, so I decided to buy first Olympus and secondly Canon DSLR cameras...and now Canon mirrorless too.

All the more with a very slow camera but after the umptheenth time I got a few, thanks.

I had to sell stuff mainly to prevent bankruptcy after having to close down my business, caused me many sleepless nights at the time but things are well again yes, thank you 👍