| Good wildlife camera equipment on safari can | | | | The cost of a digital SLR wildlife camera is high |
| make the difference between pictures you will be | | | | compared to a compact but that is only half the |
| proud to show your friends and family when you | | | | story. The lenses that you need to purchase for |
| get back and ones where it's difficult to figure out | | | | decent wildlife photography often cost more than |
| exactly what you were photographing because it's | | | | the camera itself making it a very expensive |
| only a fuzzy black dot surrounded by green | | | | business indeed. |
| vegetation. | | | | And a bulky camera body and multiple |
| I take wildlife photographs for a living and I have | | | | interchangeable lenses do add to the weight of |
| had to quickly figure out what the best cameras | | | | your luggage and the inconvenience of carrying |
| and lenses are to get the job done effectively. | | | | everything around with you. |
| Digital or Film - Which is better for a safari? | | | | Digital compact cameras on the other hand are |
| Wild animals are very unpredictable. That's one | | | | not extremely expensive and the results that you |
| aspect of safari photography that makes it so | | | | can obtain from them are almost on a par with a |
| exciting because you never know what you are | | | | digital SLR camera and you don't have to worry |
| going to get but this also means that the number | | | | about any additional lenses if the compact you |
| of pictures you need to take to get a keeper | | | | buy has a decent zoom covering the range from |
| increases. | | | | 80mm to about 300mm. There are a few of |
| And if you use film that can become very | | | | them on the market that do have lenses like this |
| expensive whereas with a digital wildlife camera | | | | and the range of the zooms increase every year. |
| you can take as many as you want and then just | | | | And compact cameras live up to their name by |
| delete the ones where the lion has ducked behind | | | | being relatively small and light and one lens means |
| a bush, the cheetah has blurred because the | | | | no additional weight or carrying and no time |
| autofocus locked onto a twig in front of it and | | | | wasted changing to another lens to suit the |
| the exposure of the hippo was way off because | | | | situation. |
| of the reflected sunlight in the water. | | | | The Best SLR Digital Wildlife Camera for Nature |
| You can also make consistent use of bracketing | | | | Photography |
| to get the perfect exposures without worrying | | | | If you have decided to go with a digital SLR then |
| about cost or running out of film which can be a | | | | by all accounts the best one to purchase for |
| problem in certain remote areas of Africa where | | | | wildlife photography at the moment is the Canon |
| safaris take place. | | | | EOS 20D due to the blinding speed of its shutter |
| So more is better in this case but what about | | | | release (near instantaneous) and its continuous |
| quality? The fact is that digital quality is fast | | | | shooting speed of 5 frames per second to a |
| catching up to film unless you fall into the | | | | maximum burst depth of twenty three frames. It |
| professional category and are going to be selling | | | | also powers up in next to no time at all. |
| your safari pictures or entering them into | | | | This wildlife camera is as fast as you will ever |
| competitions. In that case it might be better to | | | | need to freeze wildlife action and get the picture |
| stick to film because the trained eye will be able | | | | in the can before the animal moves off into the |
| to spot the difference but in most other cases | | | | undergrowth. |
| digital quality is more than adequate. | | | | There are other SLR cameras that are nearly as |
| Digital also gives you valuable feedback while you | | | | good like the Nikon D70 and the Pentax ist D so |
| are still on safari so that you can try and improve | | | | take a look at them too before making a decision. |
| on that elephant picture with the ear cut off the | | | | The Best Compact Digital Wildlife Camera for |
| next day. You also have a lot more control over | | | | Nature Photography |
| the final product because you can use software | | | | Canon comes up trumps again in the compact |
| like Photoshop to enhance and fine tune your | | | | camera category with the Canon Powershot S2 |
| pictures. | | | | IS. The factor that makes this camera ideal for |
| Digital SLR or Compact Wildlife Camera | | | | safari wildlife photography is its huge 12X optical |
| A safari is the dream trip of a lifetime and it's a | | | | zoom lens (36 - 432mm equivalent) with a built in |
| great opportunity to get some fantastic wildlife | | | | image stabiliser which cuts down on blur when |
| pictures but it's not necessary to buy the latest | | | | using such a massive zoom lens. |
| and greatest digital SLR and lenses to get them | | | | A 5 megapixal sensor is more than enough to |
| unless you are planning to take nature pictures for | | | | produce stunning safari images and as long as you |
| a living or are a serious photography enthusiast | | | | can live with a slight shutter release lag and power |
| and are going to make regular use of the camera | | | | up delay this compact wildlife camera is perfect |
| and lenses after the safari anyway. | | | | for a safari trip. |