seagull5

Being the very long telephoto and small sensor how bad is noise...I realize that there is so many variables including the processor.... Focus time on the long length ?....is it slow for birding or sports?.....trying to figure if it is worth adding to my quiver....would you purchase this a second time? Thanks in advance

Fkaufman3 Loc: Florida, LA ie lower Alabama

Yes I would buy it again, great point and shoot

cam.79 Loc: Gray, GA

Great camera, but then I am not a professional. At max zoom it looks good to me and it has a quick focus time to me. As far as birding goes, I don't know.

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charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.

My wife uses her P-900 and took this Bluebird standing in our living room shooting out the picture window.
She loves the Zoom she has. The bird was about 30 feet away. hope this helps.

Charles

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JPL

Good questions, difficult to answer. Depends on what you are currently using. Some pros and cons, not perfect, not all bad either. Good for birding if the birds are still and not flying around like maniacs. Do not know about sports. I doubt I would buy it again, would rather choose a bridge camera with 1" sensor and less zoom. The image quality wins over zoom range.

btbg

Biggest problems for sports are a shutter lag, doesn't work well in low light when you are forced to jack the ISO up, and buffers way to fast if you are trying to shoot a rapid series of photos.

Noise is decent up to ISO 400, quickly goes downhill after that. Also the images don't crop very well, so you would need to make sure that you do your cropping in camera by zooming in as much as necessary.

Works well for birds and wildlife in good light provided the wildlife isn't moving rapidly. It's the best that I have seen for the price. My mom, who owns one, can occasionally get photos that I can't get with my D5 and 150-500 sport, so it has it's place, but it also has limitations if you try to print large or try to shoot in low light.

It also does surprisingly well shooting close ups, not exactly macro, but close. It will focus to about a foot away if zoomed correctly.

One other issue, at the larger zoom range you need to keep the camera very still or you will get motion blur, but that is to be expected with high zoom range regardless of the camera.

If you really want one Nikon has a sale on refurbished ones that I think is still going on right now that is a pretty good price.

I would buy one despite having a d5 and d500 except that it doesn't shoot raw.

Indrajeet Singh Loc: Goa, India

Had one, sold it. Super point and shoot, but found it far too slow after being used to DSLRs, also, found the digital viewfinder difficult for get used to. Amazing zoom and image quality.

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

I have been very happy with mine. As I have said before it is not perfect in everything it does, or can do. But then, what camera is? Yes I would buy again.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

I have not had luck with birds in flight. When they are stationary on a branch or gently swimming I have gotten some shots that only the P900 could take. Momma Duck was very protective of her brood and would lead them off if we approached. I took this handheld while sitting on a glider - love the image stabilization! The ducks were on the other side of our pond and had no concerns about me.

~Lee

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JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

I had one! Hated the damn thing, and within a year traded it in on my 60D, great camera.

The only positive thing I'd mention was the zoom capability, but it most always focused where it wanted not the spot focus point which I'd select; I use "Spot Focus" probably 90% of the time. I sent it back during the guarantee period and the turnaround time was fast, but they couldn't, or at least didn't, fix it.

seagull5

Thank everyone for taking the time to post and answer.The best advice is from you that have bought the camera and spent some time getting to know it. I trust your opinions. My decision is to stick with what I have and if I can try the SX60...The shots I need the length are over water shots. Birding shots I can handle with what I have now.Again thank you and have a great summer

avengine

I saw it last week, when I am looking at the Sony a6000 with a zoom lens. and he show me this I find it very interesting but I don't like it is so big in size, if I only want something like my sigma 28-250 for nikon 5100,
prefer something EVF, zoom, flash light, good for low light condition and reasonable size for travel, what is my choice? any suggestion
thanks.

seagull5

Lumix FZ300 2.8 constant to 600mm.....water resistant.....touch screen.....very bright viewfinder great build quality great glass...new about 497,,,, or FZ1000 1 inch sensor 2.8 to 400mm great glass beautiful viewfinder...599 open box 697 new....these 2 are rated number 2 and number 3 or 4 in Bridge cameras.....image quality on both are great with the 1000 just a tad better....both 4k and you can grab 5 or so frames out of a 4k video for a 4k still....maybe they will be too big for you but honestly you will have zero regrets with either of these or better yet both of these

CASpic

I have the P900 and used it with excellent results on a trip to the Sea of Cortez. I have not had too much difficulty shooting birds in flight as I have learned to pan when shooting them. The only problem that I have found is that the photos are ; at times, not as sharp as I would like at a 2000mm. Therefor, I usually will only extend the lens to approximately 1500mm. And that's a pretty good range! Lynn

Pine Warbler

I love my P900. I use it for birding. I like the "scene" feature that is designed to take a series of bird shots moving...7 in about a second...I have caught some very nice poses that I would not have gotten in one shot. Of course, there is a lag time for the camera to process that series. It is also possible to use the "scene" birdwatching setting to take a single shot. The focus for this feature is that the focus is in the center.

I have been playing with the macro feature this summer, both auto & aperture, and find that using the "flower" Macro icon lets me get very close to my subjects...insects & flowers. I found that I can get really close, less that 4 inches and still get great shots.

This camera is a step up for me...I had a Coolpix P90 for a couple years. I was worried that this camera would be too heavy, but the way it fits in my hand makes it more stable than my other one. I did get a monopod to use for long distances but I find that even with the zoom all the way out, I get decent pictures. My husband and I like to hike, walk, bird, and photograph at home and one vacation, so I needed a very flexible camera.

I still wanted an eyepiece...can't follow birds with a screen.

1 feature I really love is having the ability to zoom back in quickly, to make sure I still have the target I lost as my field of vision shrunk, then quickly zoom back out.

Oh, the light gathering is a big improvement from my other camera. I am beginning to play around with more of the settings...some day I may move to separate lenses...especially for macro...but for now...I love my P900.