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Camera zoom for wildlife photos

Lotus-eater · 2009-09-24 08:48:43

I need some advice about buying a camera for taking wildlife photos. I really don't know what sort of zoom I should be looking at having not had a large zoom camera before. The one I am thinking about is the Sony HX1, it has a 20x zoom, which seems alot to me after the 3x zoom I've had before, yet up to 26x zoom is…

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darich Posts: 2,145 Forumite

25 September 2009 at 1:46PM

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Is that an SLR or a DSLR?

My biggest zoom is 300mm (on a DSLR so 480mm equiv on true 35mm camera) and that will give pictures of birds at 6m but certainly way way off filling the frame.

It's a DSLR with lenses I've bought for my kit

My DSLR is full frame so the 800mm of lens really is 800mm - there is no crop factor

Keen photographer with sales in the UK and abroad.
Willing to offer advice on camera equipment and photography if i can!
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