Here's a pic I took yesterday at Reesor Pond. Now it's not amazing but consider that it is a handheld shot with poor lighting and at a distance (about 100 metres) and yet I think the picture came out pretty good. It is un-cropped and un-edited. I believe it was at the full 83x zoom. I can check at home and confirm. It has far more detail than I ever could have gotten with the SX50. As a result I get more keepers.
Having said that, so far most shots have been of relatively large slow moving birds. Flights shots are marginally better if (big if) you can focus on the bird in flight. The SX50 focused on flying birds better but it still took crappy pics. The P900 is more challenging to focus on flying birds but if you do, it's a pretty good result no doubt due to the faster shutter speed. But that probably also accounts for darkness. I often find myself having to manually increase the exposure.
A good test for the P900 will come in May with the small and quick moving warblers. I suspect it will be challenging for the P900 as the zoom is slower (and longer) and the focus also just a bit slower than the SX50. But the P900 makes up for it with better resolution and shutter speed. So we'll see. For a beginner I think the SX50 may still be the go to camera due to its low price, low weight and ease of use.
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