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looking for camera for birds

18 years ago

I'am looking for a camera that takes good pictures of a bird in flight. I have a kodax and take good pictures but not clear enought. i also have a Olympus takes beautiful close up but not very good when a bird is moving comes out blur this picture was taken with my kodak anna

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prettyphysicslady
18 years ago
I don't use a fancy camera at all.

I use the 'action' setting that you use to take sports photos. There is also a setting on most cameras that lets you take multiple pictures in sequence. The pictures are usually a little smaller than your camera usually takes but otherwise fine.

I've used just a plain olympus and now a kodak z612. Nothing fancy.

And I take lots and lots of shots, film's cheap.

Here is a link that might be useful: My flickr account bird pictures

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