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Hi--
I've been thinking about getting a newer digital camera-- the one I have is old and beat up from being dropped. I know that many people just use their phone but I like a camera better..

Sigh-- I guess this will kinda date me-- I grew up with photography and learned early on the photobooths in parking lots got expensive quickly if you shoot a lot of film. I set up a darkroom in my parents basement and learned how to do it myself. (silver nitrate is cheaper) My old digital camera is basically just point and shoot and low pixels. I'm looking for a decent camera that's not super expensive but the newer ones are so full of tech that I don't even know what they are talking about-- I don't even know how to translate the lingo from old school (F-stop,shutter speed etc) into todays' cameras!

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
I've been using a Panasonic Lumix fz300.
It's water and dust sealed, has a 600mm equivalent zoom, and is less than $400 bucks. Oh, and it shoots 4k video.

I use Adobe Lightroom to "develop" the photos if they need any tweaking.

I too come from the old film development days.

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Nice shots. Photography is near and dear to my heart as well, and is a terrific hobby for the road.

Good luck, and safe travels.
 
I’m a member of the Blind pig school of photography. you know they say that even a Blind pig Will find an acorn occasionally. I take thousands and thousands of shots and maybe one out of 10,000 is worth reproducing. I’ll sit here in the van watching birds that are very familiar that I’ve seen many times and keep clicking away. It’s an obsession I really enjoy nature photography. Someday I’m gonna learn how to post it on here. Great hobby for the road.
 
Come on Nature Lover it's not hard to post pictures here. Hell even I can do it. Get her done lets see some pics. Highdesertranger
 
What he said! I wanna see the pics
 
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Ok - i’m pretty stupid. I posted a picture along time ago can’t remember how I did it but I’m trying see if this one comes through. If it doesn’t I’ll have to switch to my computer rather than my iPad so I can edit it down to lesser size.

The first one is the tri-colored heron the second one is the great blue Heron both taken here in Florida before I hurt my foot.
 

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Thank you van brat. I would lose my mind if I couldn’t be out in nature. I believe it’s my connection with the creator. I also shoot wildflowers, mammals,and insects (Especially butterflies), reptiles, and anything else that catches my fancy, which is almost anything.
 
Our last outing in the old 2016 Ford transit Connect van took us to Cody Wyoming via several states in between. Our main goal was to catch the harvest moon the first week in Oct 2020.. But our luck, clouds moved into the area and I tried to make the best of the situation. To those who may not like Black & white photography, this is all I have to offer as our entire trip was black and white.

1) Badlands Sunset
2) Solitary tree North Dakota
3) More Badlands Sunset
4) Rolling Hills of Montana

Camera: Canon M6
Lens: 100mm EOS f/2
Filter: Experiential Polarization Filter (still testing phase)
Tripod: Vintage 1970's Velbon
 

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Nice work, depth of field really adds to black and white doesn’t it?
 
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I need to get a new camera after dropping my Canon DSLR. Aerial photography was always my favorite. Bonus points to anyone who knows what this is.
 

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I will take a shot. It appears to be an eroded geothermal deposit. Highdesertranger
 
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