I don’t carry my Canon SLR’s or a birding lens unless I’m going â€?”birding†because they are so heavy. So far I’ve relied on my Canon SX 60HS for taking general pictures because it’s much lighter than the other choices.Â
The SX is a lot better than my iPhone for most pictures. It certainly captures as hight of quality shots as I can use of people, like this shot of Tyson, Sydney, an obscured Jen and their two dogs.
If you just want a long shot of animals, like these Harbor Seals
lounging on the rocks at low tide it seems more than adequate.
It even managed a better shot of these two Common Common MurresÂ
than I imagined it could do. Of course, I couldn’t get a shot of them flying.
However, when it came to capturing a shot of the Humpback Whales
it was nearly a complete failure. We watched the whales for nearly a half hour and I attempted dozens of shots, but this is the only one that turned out. The Canon SX was simply impossible to focus between the time a whale surfaced and it sank out of sight again.
As a result, I returned the next day, but you never get quite the same opportunity twice, particularly when it comes to photographing wildlife.