No, that particular sheep, (above), wasn’t what inspired me to buy my first Nikon P900 superzoom bridge camera but it does capture the spirit of that moment.
I was walking the ridge toward my beloved Chisels, a long-vanished Anglo Romano villa that once occupied the wild, windswept promontory overlooking my Bridport market town, when I saw a rare Dorset breed gazing back at me, Lyme Bay and the ocean spread out over its shoulder.
“If only I’d brought a camera,” I thought to myself.
I love my Nikon P950 camera; an upgrade to the previous P900 I owned.
Although a bridge rather than a DSLR type of shooter, the Nikon stands out due to being the king of superzoom cameras boasting an amazing 83x optical zoom lens and this zoom capability allows me to capture detailed shots from vast distances, making it ideal for photographing ancient Dorset sites of archeological interest, wildlife photography, bird and shots of the moon. (It has special specific settings and features for both birds and lunar photography)
While its zoom is the highlight of the camera, it also has 4K video recording and a decent electronic viewfinder, making it a great all-round camera.
Sure. It is big and a bit bulky but show me any other way you could have such photographic reach with an 83X zoom lens without requiring a separate telephoto lens and a backpack to carry all the bits and bobs a normal DSLR requires to achieve such results.
The above photos are stunning, not for their quality but, rather … for their reach!
And look at this image. (Below)
I mean, can you see the horses?
Here’s a clue.
Could you spot a herd of horses over a mile away?
Or now?
Ah. There they are … way, way off in the distance.
Here they come.
And these.
Not very photogenic but to see these images at all from what were specks on the horizon?
And here … I tidy the image up enough to look pretty decent!
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