Sunday 31 March 2024

Taking pictures on a casual walk

 

Baby Red-belled Black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus. Taken on a walk near Discovery Lake at Springfield Lakes, SE Queensland. 30 March 2024. Fuji X10. 

The snake was small, but I came across an adult snake several months ago. Red belled snakes are poisonous but apparently not deadly, at least, not for adults. I prefer a camera with longer zoom for situation like this one. Usually I walk in early evening, when the light is not great, so I am dreaming about a bright 28-200mm lens a la Minolta A2 with 1" type sensor. Canon G7X has bright 24-100mm lens, and it seems it is in very high demand. Sony RX100 VII is equipped with 24-200mm lens, which is amazing considering that the camera is very compact and very light, only 302g with a card and battery. However, the lens it is rather dark at long end, f2.8-4.5, plus it expensive. Panasonic TZ220 has dark lens, f3.3-6.4.

I like adjustable monitors (rear screens) on modern cameras. Tiltable monitors are very useful for near ground shots. Fuji X10 has a fixed screen.


No comments:

Post a Comment