Africa
Apr 11, 2016 14:14:45 #
Dsrapa wrote:
I don't think you'll regret it. It's a great camera with good reach. And you want to see as well as photograph. Bring lots of memory cards and an extra battery. I usually went through both batteries in a day. The usual is an early am and then a later safari trip so you can recharge between. It's a special trip!
I plan to buy a couple extra batteries and maybe a double charger. I also need to get a neck strap, as it didn't come with one from the hog who sold it to me. I probably have enough memory...a couple of 32s and a 16 or vice versa. With a 32 on 3:4 (12 MP) I can take 5739 pics. I have no idea how much video I can take, though. I have just under 2 months to experiment. I suppose I can watch videos or read the e-manual.... Africa is one of the gazillions of places on my bucket list, but I'll be temporarily satisfied with the Middle East! As a retired travel agent and still going places with my dad (both in their 80s) my mom has probably been to 80 countries. I'm Jealous!! PS I've never been to either of the NYC airports and will be going to both of them in a span of hours. Are they easy to navigate?
Apr 11, 2016 14:21:44 #
If you are going to shoot jpeg then do fine or high quality. Memory cards are cheap and poor image quality is a waste of money.
If you are getting 5739 per card; change your setting to high jpeg and see the number you are getting. I would bet that it would be about 1000 which means you are throwing away all that information. Quality is not a way to save money. You want the best that your camera can give and low quality is not the way to achive it,
If you are getting 5739 per card; change your setting to high jpeg and see the number you are getting. I would bet that it would be about 1000 which means you are throwing away all that information. Quality is not a way to save money. You want the best that your camera can give and low quality is not the way to achive it,
Apr 11, 2016 15:49:13 #
Dsrapa
Loc: Outside of nyc
I agree. You have a lot of customizable settings that will improve the pictures. I use 8 or 16 s s excuse I keep all my cards. Very reasinably prices thru Amazon.
Also practicing with holding steady when you're zoomed out is very important. Knowing the camera for quick changes is also valuable.
Also practicing with holding steady when you're zoomed out is very important. Knowing the camera for quick changes is also valuable.
Apr 11, 2016 19:14:33 #
philo wrote:
If you are going to shoot jpeg then do fine or high quality. Memory cards are cheap and poor image quality is a waste of money.
If you are getting 5739 per card; change your setting to high jpeg and see the number you are getting. I would bet that it would be about 1000 which means you are throwing away all that information. Quality is not a way to save money. You want the best that your camera can give and low quality is not the way to achive it,
If you are getting 5739 per card; change your setting to high jpeg and see the number you are getting. I would bet that it would be about 1000 which means you are throwing away all that information. Quality is not a way to save money. You want the best that your camera can give and low quality is not the way to achive it,
That setting is the highest quality (lowest #of pics) shooting at 12 MP - 4000x3000. At it's lowest setting of .3 MP, for Facebook-quality images, the counter reads +99999. The 5739 pics is with a 32GB card and I have 2 of them. I think on my heaviest week at Oshkosh (world's largest aviation convention) shooting lots of rapid fire I don't think I've taken more than 5K (my heaviest day being around 1.1k). I think I'll be OK. Since I've rarely taken video, but probably will do a lot of it on this trip, I'll still get another card or two. The camera has 3 choices for 4:3 and one each for 3:2, 1:1 and 16x9.
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