October 20, 2018. Paddy and I went to Lake George yesterday to see fall foliage, but everything was green. Today's trip was two fold: 1. to see the Rhinebeck Aerodrome and 2. Check out my new Nikon P1000 camera.
I wanted to see if I could take handheld photos from 24mm to 3000mm. The photos below are listed ascending by mm.
24mm - Tent area next to the food stand for hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries.
50mm
60mm
75mm
91mm
97mm
105mm
135mm
235mm
235mm
235mm
235mm
300mm
320mm
370mm
567mm
800mm
860mm
2000mm - plane sitting on the ground.
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Observations on Handholding the Nikon P1000.
. Zooming from 24-800mm is no problem.
. Zooming at 2000mm with a stationary object needs a steady hand, but is also not a problem.
. I tried to shoot moving airplanes at 3000mm but none of the shots came out to my satisfaction. I should have found stationary targets with which to practice, but all of my 3000mm shots at moving targets were less than perfect or were blurry.
. After taking a photo, there is a short delay before you can take another. In continuous mode, it will fire at max speed with no delay.
. I must give the P1000 more of a test at 3000mm and I will also try the 3000mm on airplanes with a tripod.
. I made a couple of short video segment and they were easy to shoot and came out fine.
. It was fun to use this camera.
