I have purchased an 8 Mega-pixel digital SLR camera. With a
70-300mm image-stablized zoom lens, a doubler, and the corection for
digital cameras, this is equivalent to the 1000-mm F/11 Celestron
C90 I was using with a Nikon 90S and film. The big advantages are the
high quality digital recording and the image stabilization. At this
full, 20-power equivalent magnification, the camera suffers from the
same small depth of field and need for manual focus as my old camera.
I have discovered, however, that the auto-focus that is available when
the doubler is omitted is very accurate and powerful. I suspect that
I will use the camera without the doubler much of the time. A couple
of comparizon pictures are below. There is also a scenery lens that
came with the camera which I used for the picture of my father and
some of the pictures of my God daughter and my cats.
Bird pictures taken with the new digital camera in late 2006 and
2007 are now shown on separate New Mexico pages for Socorro County and the rest of New Mexico.
In the table below, a click on the picture in the left column will
get you to a larger picture. A click on the right-hand thumbnail,
will get you to the full unaltered jpeg as recorded by the camera.
Pictures in Ithaca and Montezuma NWR,
October
Larger pix |
what |
Original pix |
![[Kenneth Greisen]](pix/Canon/KG.s.jpg) |
Kenneth Greisen, Ithaca |
![[Kenneth Greisen]](pix/Canon/KG.s.jpg) |
![[Cedar Waxwing]](pix/Canon/CEWA.ny.s.jpg) |
Cedar Waxwing with doubler
Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca |
![[Cedar Waxwing]](pix/Canon/CEWA.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Belted Kingfisher]](pix/Canon/BEKI.ny.s.jpg) |
Belted Kingfisher, no doubler
Montezuma NWR for rest of this set |
![[Belted Kingfisher]](pix/Canon/BEKI.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Belted Kingfisher]](pix/Canon/BEKI_d.ny.s.jpg) |
Belted Kingfisher, with doubler |
![[Belted Kingfisher]](pix/Canon/BEKI_d.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Great Blue Heron]](pix/Canon/GBHE.ny.s.jpg) |
Great Blue Heron, no doubler |
![[Great Blue Heron]](pix/Canon/GBHE.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Greeen-winged Teal]](pix/Canon/GWTE_d.ny.s.jpg) |
Green-winged Teal, with doubler |
![[Greeen-winged Teal]](pix/Canon/GWTE_d.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Rusty Blackbird]](pix/Canon/RUBB.ny.s.jpg) |
Rusty Blackbird, no doubler |
![[Rusty Blackbird]](pix/Canon/RUBB.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Canada Geese]](pix/Canon/CAGO.ny.s.jpg) |
Canada Geese, no doubler |
![[Canada Geese]](pix/Canon/CAGO.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Bald Eagle]](pix/Canon/BAEA.ny.s.jpg) |
Bald Eagle, no doubler |
![[Bald Eagle]](pix/Canon/BAEA.ny.s.jpg) |
![[Bald Eagle]](pix/Canon/BAEA_d.ny.s.jpg) |
Bald Eagle, with doubler |
![[Bald Eagle]](pix/Canon/BAEA_d.ny.s.jpg) |
Pictures in Albuquerque,
December, 2006
Larger pix |
what |
Original pix |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd.zoo.s.jpg) |
My God-daughter (age 3) at Albuquerque Zoo no doubler in
any of following pix |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd.zoo.s.jpg) |
![[Wood Duck]](pix/Canon/WODU.nm.s.jpg) |
"wild" Wood Duck at Albuquerque Zoo, little zoom |
![[Wood Duck]](pix/Canon/WODU.nm.s.jpg) |
![[Snow Leopard]](pix/Canon/SnowL.s.jpg) |
Snow Leopard at Albuquerque Zoo |
![[Snow Leopard]](pix/Canon/SnowL.s.jpg) |
![[Peacock]](pix/Canon/PeaC.s.jpg) |
Peacock at Albuquerque Zoo |
![[Peacock]](pix/Canon/PeaC.s.jpg) |
![[Springbok]](pix/Canon/SpringB.d.s.jpg) |
Springbok at Albuquerque Zoo |
![[Peacock]](pix/Canon/SpringB.d.s.jpg) |
![[Springbok]](pix/Canon/SpringB.s.jpg) |
Springbok at Albuquerque Zoo, little zoom |
![[Peacock]](pix/Canon/SpringB.s.jpg) |
![[gorilla baby]](pix/Canon/BGoril.s.jpg) |
gorilla baby at Albuquerque Zoo |
![[gorilla baby]](pix/Canon/BGoril.s.jpg) |
![[gorilla]](pix/Canon/Goril.s.jpg) |
gorilla at Albuquerque Zoo |
![[gorilla]](pix/Canon/Goril.s.jpg) |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd1.xmas.s.jpg) |
My God-daughter (age 3) at home |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd1.xmas.s.jpg) |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd2.xmas.s.jpg) |
My God-daughter (age 3) at home |
![[My God-daughter]](pix/Canon/Godd2.xmas.s.jpg) |
Pictures in New Mexico, early 2007
Larger pix |
what |
Original pix |
![[GrrFriend]](pix/Canon/GrrFriend.s.jpg) |
GrrFriend at home, January 3, 2007 |
![[GrrFriend]](pix/Canon/GrrFriend.s.jpg) |
![[Natalia]](pix/Canon/Natalia1.s.jpg) |
Natalia at home, January 3, 2007 |
![[Natalia]](pix/Canon/Natalia1.s.jpg) |
![[Natalia]](pix/Canon/Natalia2.s.jpg) |
Natalia at home, January 3, 2007 |
![[Natalia]](pix/Canon/Natalia2.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar1.s.jpg) |
Flounder, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar1.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar2.s.jpg) |
pretty fish, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar2.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar3.s.jpg) |
jelly fish, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar3.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar4.s.jpg) |
jelly fish, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar4.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar5.s.jpg) |
shark, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar5.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar6.s.jpg) |
Puffer fish, Albuquerque Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Aquar6.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Godd1.aquar.s.jpg) |
God daughter with her father looking at flounder, Albuquerque
Aquarium, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Aquarium]](pix/Canon/Godd1.aquar.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Gardens]](pix/Canon/Godd2.aquar.s.jpg) |
God daughter, Albuquerque Botanical Gardens farm, February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Botanical]](pix/Canon/Godd2.aquar.s.jpg) |
![[Albuquerque Gardens]](pix/Canon/Godd3.aquar.s.jpg) |
God daughter with her father, Botanical Gardens farm,
February 25, 2007, 18-55mm lens |
![[Albuquerque Botanical]](pix/Canon/Godd3.aquar.s.jpg) |
![[Bosque del Apache]](pix/Canon/Godd1.BdA.s.jpg) |
God daughter with her father's binoculars, Bosque del Apache
NWR, February 27, 2007, 70-300mm lens |
![[Bosque del Apache]](pix/Canon/Godd1.BdA.s.jpg) |
![[Bosque del Apache]](pix/Canon/Godd2.BdA.s.jpg) |
Father of my God daughter, Bosque del Apache NWR, February
27, 2007, 70-300mm lens |
![[Bosque del Apache]](pix/Canon/Godd2.BdA.s.jpg) |