Reply from Toronto Sightings - Ally

[Shortsighted]

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[thouc]

I have a relatively new high-zoom point-and-shoot pocket camera (Sony Cybershot DSC-HX80) which I got for just over $400. It has 30x optical zoom (24-720mm) and 2x digital zoom. It's a good option if you are like me, that you want to document what you see and don't want to carry something heavy around (scope and binoculars are enough already) or anything complicated. It takes good pictures, particularly in good lighting conditions (the Hermit Thrush in the photo section was taken with that camera). It has a view finder (I often have trouble seeing the screen because of glare so that was a big selling point) and takes pictures fast (previous camera had annoying lag) so I'm very happy with it. Doubles very well as a general use camera too (no need for lens changes or anything).

If you want to get into photography more seriously you should of course go with a DSLR.

Just my two cents,
 Thomas

[Ally]

Thank you both for your kind answers, I will check out the cameras in stores and try them. I had the similar experience purchasing binocuars, and I love my Nikon Prostaff 3S  10*42 after some of you guys offered great advice.

So happy to be in the world of birds. I don't know how I missed them all these years.

[Ally]

Hi, I'm trying to use Photoshop to crop photos. what DPI should I set to avoid posting huge yet unclear photos like the downy today? Thank you.

[Shortsighted]

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[Ally]

Thank you for your reply. I read the previous posting, and tried their suggestion. But no success.    

[JW Mills]

Hi, I'm trying to use Photoshop to crop photos. what DPI should I set to avoid posting huge yet unclear photos like the downy today? Thank you.

DPI or Dots Per Inch is a setting used for printing. You do not need to play with it when posting to the web.
What you need to do is resize your image. Try resizing to something like 800 pixels on the long side. If you want the image a little smaller try 750 pixels, a little larger try 1000 pixels.

[Ally]

Thank you so much. I think I got some improvement with the Cooper's hawk yesterday.  Have a nice day!