My next camera

I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. It actually takes very nice pictures compared to the little instant/pocket Olympus I used to use (before I killed it on a fire scene)………

As you review my pics here, you will likely be thinking, dang, her picture quality sucks!!! Well, yes but no. Here’s the thing……. most of my critter pictures are taken using super-duper zoom. The reason I went with the 5700 is because it has 10x digital zoom. I needed a super-zoom camera like that, because I can’t get on top of a 2500° structure fire, or crawl in an osprey nest, to get pictures of these things. The mega-zoom is what gets me on top of subjects from quite a long distance.

So consider that what you’re actually seeing, is a small little critter photographed at a LONG distance. With a point-and-shoot automatic digital camera, no less. :) Not half bad, all things considered. And sometimes I over-expand and over-crop my pics on this site, so you can see some of the important details that aid in positive identification.

My next camera is another story. :)

A big Nikon fan :) I have my eye basically glued to the Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR:

What I like about the kit is that I am not floundering around trying to hen-peck the right pieces and parts to be fully operational. It even has the 18-135mm AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens, which of course is a necessity for zoom-freak here. LOL!!!!!

The Nikon Coolpix 5700 has been a great in-between camera… and I’ll continue to have some sort of workhorse camera like the 5700 for most high-stress photography (structure fires, accidents, storm chasing, etc.) and save the D80 for “safer” and more controlled scenes. It would break my heart to fry (or crush) a $1k SLR at a fire scene when a $400 point-and-shoot would have done the job just fine…

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