I have the P900 I use bird mode for animals when I'm in a hurry, push ok button and it goes straight to 800mm. The canon is old tech now, so why not the Nikon b700? You will get better results doing some web research on the best modes to use with the P900. I have picked up heaps from Matt Winters articles in NZ Hunter using manual modes on DSLR and applied it to the p900.
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