Wildlife
Photography Cheaper and Better
Wildlife
photography is undergoing a quiet revolution and all wildlife
photographers stand
in line to benefit. Taking animal
pictures has traditionally been a very expensive business. DSLR
photography
wildlife cameras
and specifically the ultra zoom and telephoto lenses imperative to get
up close and personal to
the subjects cost an arm and a leg (or should that be a paw
and a
hoof?).
But
with the advent and technical advance of point and shoot compact
cameras with big lenses this has
begun to change...
Photographing Wildlife Effectively is Now the Cheapest it has
Ever Been
This
is
thanks to a new wave of ultra zoom compact digital cameras that
manufacturers have
released and continue to improve on. I started out
with the Canon Powershot S1 IS and then upgraded to the S5 IS model
later.
I won't bore you with all the technical specifications because
the important thing for wildlife photographers is that this camera has
a 12 optical zoom (36-432mm equivalent).
And not only does it have this massive lens in a very compact
body, it also has image stabilization (IS).
"Big deal" you might say, and in that you would be right,
because the IS means that you can handhold
this camera, zoom to 432mm and take your
wildlife photograph in most lighting conditions (2f stops less
than normal in fact) without having to worry about
blur.
And you can do this at a fraction of what it would normally
cost you for a DSLR and the relevant lenses. The quality of the
photographs obtained is good enough for amateur and semi-amateur
applications but not yet for professional photography.

Top
photographs have
image stabilization on - bottom three IS off
Wildlife Photography Cost - The Bottom
Line
By using an ultra zoom compact camera you will be able to take
excellent wildlife pictures on safari. Not professional quality
unfortunately, but reasonably close.
I specialise in African
wildlife photography and the Powershot gives me great
versatility at a very low cost to obtain
wildlife photos on safari.
The ultra zoom compact camera will make your life a whole lot
easier
and combined with the number one
African photo safari
tip you
should be able to get excellent results.
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