Thread: Superzoom

Hi there. Am considering a superzoom camera for taking photos and videos of.l animals while hunting. Got about $700 to spend. Any suggestions? Thanks very much.

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Canon SX60/70. Good combination of big zoom medium size. @StrikerNZ filmed this trip we did a few years ago using one. The bull Tahr playing on the big rock were close to 2km away.

Nice video!!. Thanks very much for the advice much appreciated.

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@GravelBen do you know much about low cost zoom? Some of your gear is worth more than most folks rifles...

@Niceandfar

went through this in the last year.

starting with a $ 700 budget, i would look at a camera of around $ 450. the reason I say this is that you will need to get a decent tripod to make full use of the camera, and then extra bits such as additional batteries, bag etc.

I got a Panasonic Lumix FZ80 when it was on sale, and so far I am extremely happy with it. it is not without some limitations, but that is par for the course with anything under several thousand $

P.S. tripod I got was a Slik Sprint Mini 2

+1 for cannon SX60 or 70. Should be able to get one second hand in good nick for under $500 and probably less. As @ebf says you'll need a good tripod

Originally Posted by Joe_90

@GravelBen do you know much about low cost zoom? Some of your gear is worth more than most folks rifles...

@Joe_90 It also weighs more than some peoples rifles! My biggest lens is about 2kg on its its own.

I haven't really used any of the small superzooms enough for a proper comparison - their biggest drawback tends to be low light performance because of the small sensor size. Pretty impressive what they can do for the size and weight in decent light though.