Small Camera suitable for wildlife?

canonfan46 (e2 Member)

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6 Dec 2012 - 5:32 PM

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Hi all,
I have a friend who does a lot of fishing and is interested in getting himself a decent camera as he thinks he gets a lot of good photo opportunities on the river.

He wants something that is not too big and wants it to fit comfortably into his small fishing shoulder bag. His budget would be in the region of £300-350 and maybe a little more.
I would have thought he needs something with a bit of reach lens wise, but what is available in that price range.

I would like to advise him but I only know the camera I have, so can anyone help with some suggestions?

pantheonrider

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6 Dec 2012 - 6:08 PM

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I would recommend a Canon A1200/A1300.See www.pbase.com/taggart51/canona1200 .A gallery of mine.I've been so impressed by this little beauty,I started this gallery.The image quality is superb,for the price.You can pick them up in Sainsbury's for just £39.99

teocali (e2 Member)

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6 Dec 2012 - 6:14 PM

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Quote: I would recommend the Leica V Lux 3 Now that the Leica V Lux 4 is out the price for the 3 has dropped to around £399 new but I notice that Ann (Pluckyfilly) is selling hers in the EPZ Classifieds at a bargain price. I have one and it is a brilliant little piece of kit.
Sylvia

Sorry, just checked Classifieds but Ann seems to have sold hers.

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6 Dec 2012 - 7:43 PM

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Now that the EP-L5 is out, you can pick up an EP-L3 within his budget. Couple that with a Panasonic 45-200mm lens (equivalent to 600mm in 35mm terms) and you have the ideal cheap, small, light, handy wildlife combo for the dedicated angler.

Only problem is that, if he/she is anything like me, Sod's Law will dictate that the best wildlife photo-opps occur just as a hatch of mayflies begins!

canonfan46 (e2 Member)

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6 Dec 2012 - 9:34 PM

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Thanks all, I have looked at your suggestions and some others I came across.
The one that caught my interest is the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ200.
I have no idea if this camera, or any other, is any good and the point that got me looking at it is the f2.8 max aperture throughout the zoom range of 24mm - 600mm. Am I right in thinking that this is something special, and really desirable?

Steppenwolf

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7 Dec 2012 - 11:38 AM

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Quote: Couple that with a Panasonic 45-200mm lens (equivalent to 600mm in 35mm terms) and you have the ideal cheap, small, light, handy wildlife combo for the dedicated angler.

Equivalent to 90-400mm in 35mm terms (2X crop factor). The trouble is that 400mm is usually not enough. Bridge cameras are tempting but I've never been that impressed with the IQ at the extreme long focal lengths - maybe I'm picky.

Paul Morgan (e2 Member)

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7 Dec 2012 - 7:23 PM

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Quote: Bridge cameras are tempting but I've never been that impressed with the IQ at the extreme long focal lengths - maybe I'm picky

Sensor size is another thing, most are tiny, the fuji x-s1 is about the best in this respect.