Tried the super-macro mode on the Fuji this afternoon, and cropped in to check the detail, and..........

Awesome!!

Pretty cool Bry

Good detail, pretty sharp, very good for a bridge.

Only thing i could never get with a bridge was good in flight stuff.

Great Bokeh too

However thats a good advert for camera ....... and user i suppose :think:

Edited 19 August, 201213 yr by Lofty79

Dammed impressive that and even more so for a bridge camera. Goes to show that the gap between bridge cameras and entry level dlsr's is getting smaller all the time. Credit to u aswell.

Thanks for the encouragement, I was particularly pleased with them, bearing in mind a decent macro lens for the SLR would probably cost about 3 times as much as the Fuji

And yes Lofty, in flight stuff is a lot harder to capture

Nice shots, uncle Brim!

And yes Lofty, in flight stuff is a lot harder to capture

not to take it away from you there though mate

not to take it away from you there though mate

Not at all

The bridge cameras still have a degree of shutter delay, which you don't get with an SLR

I tried using the Fuji at Waddington Air Show this year because of the massive zoom, but it was a pain compared to my Nikon D5000

at same time only one lens not 4, largest being 3 feet long to match range. thats some kit bag to do it slr style

at same time only one lens not 4, largest being 3 feet long to match range. thats some kit bag to do it slr style

Unless you've got an 18-250 and a 150-500

I know 500 isn't 720, but try operating the Fuji at 720 capturing a fast moving jet, it ain't going to happen :(

black and gold, nice. Not sure about the fly eye tints though Seriously Brim, some exquisite shots, very nice.

Unless you've got an 18-250 and a 150-500

I know 500 isn't 720, but try operating the Fuji at 720 capturing a fast moving jet, it ain't going to happen :(

aye at a grand each.

black and gold, nice. Not sure about the fly eye tints though Seriously Brim, some exquisite shots, very nice.

Cheers, Lee, the colours were a pure coincidence

aye at a grand each.

They are not OEM lenses

Sigma 18-250 approx £300

Sigma 150-500 approx £615 (when I got it) via Onestopdigital

They are not OEM lenses

Sigma 18-250 approx £300

Sigma 150-500 approx £615 (when I got it) via Onestopdigital

ill have 3 then

ill have 3 then

I've only got one of each, sorry

im happy wi ma fixed nifty fifty. zoom wiv ma feet

Great pics. Love macro shots.

im happy wi ma fixed nifty fifty. zoom wiv ma feet

Couldn't have got this with a nifty fifty

and i wouldnt be zooming with just ma feet

The one on the right doesn't know how to use an iron!

I'm guessing that there's not a lot that the one on the left doesn't know how to use.

That pic. of the Typhoon at the Waddington air show -was that taken with the Fuji then?

That pic. of the Typhoon at the Waddington air show -was that taken with the Fuji then?

No, that was the Nikon SLR

I would have thought that would have been a hard shot to capture on any camera kudos to you . My little TZ-20 is pretty good for close up work and macro shots but it doesn't produce the best results at full zoom:

Unless you've got an 18-250 and a 150-500

I know 500 isn't 720, but try operating the Fuji at 720 capturing a fast moving jet, it ain't going to happen :(

On your camera, the 500mm is actually a 700mm anyway