Danger: Work In Progress Spoof Image

Danger - Landfill Operations Keep Out. A quick image that I took which is a bit of a spoof. It's really just people dumping rubbish in an area that's notorious for fly tipping. But I thought it looked quite funny with that little toy tractor and gravel hill. Picture was taken with a Canon Powershot S2 IS.

Motorway Near Coleshill Late Evening

A quick photo of a motorway near Coleshill in late evening. Can't remember the name. At rush hour times, this stretch can be quite bad for traffic jams. But on this day, probably due to it being a bit later on in the evening, it wasn't too bad.

Phone Mast Or Beacon Booster Tower

Is this a phone mast or some other kind of cellphone / beacon tower. It's very different in appearance compared to an average looking phone mast with lots of different signal booster / receivers (or whatever there called) at the top. Take a look at one here. This one only has two square receivers on the top, and is much taller. Is it even for mobile phones.. Could it be something for boosting the digital TV signal. Who knows. Know what its for? Comment below.

Bridge Camera With The Best Zoom?

There are some real great Bridge Cameras out there. Some of the Panasonic's and Canon's have excellent zoom ranges in cameras that are affordable. That zoom range is usually limited a maximum of 60x optical zoom. However, there are some Bridge Cameras out there that far surpass this zoom length. Before we get into that, say hello to my little friend.

Those are, of course, the two big boys, the Nikon P900 and its big brother that's just about to be released (September 6th 2018), The daddy of Zooms, The Nikon Coolpix P1000. Have you seen how far its capable of zooming? Check out the videos below for an example. Close up footage of the Moon is no problem at all with this camera.

Nikon P1000 Extreme Zoom Test Video - Filming Jupiter and Saturn

The zoom range of the 16MP P1000 is the largest ever put inside a Bridge camera @ 125x Optical zoom (3000mm). If the camera itself wasn't so big (it weighs well over 1 KG) it would make one excellent spying device. It's capable of filming someone or something from so far away that the subject being filmed has no idea whatsoever that they are under the lens. But like I said, it is a big camera. With such a massive lens it has no choice but to be big. If you're looking for the furthest zoom ever in a Bridge, then it is well worth it. It'll give your arms a good bit of exercise too!

Nikon P1000 Zoom Example Video - Birding

 

There are a lot of other features built into the P1000. A manual focus ring being one. RAW mode, 2.3 million dot OLED viewfinder, Hot Shoe, a 39 foot flash range, 4K Ultra High Definition video, HDMI Port, external microphone option, USB, Bluetooth, WiFi and a battery life that's capable of taking around 250 shots per charge. Optional extra packages are also available for the P1000, including a bundle offer that comes with a memory card, one with a tripod, and one with a Bluetooth camera remote. Pre ordering is available on Amazon and other outlets online. Expensive but well worth the money.

Picture Of A Yellow Flower

I'm not sure what the name of this flower is, but I just spotted it growing wild in a field (it's hard to miss) so thought I'd take a picture of it. It reminds me a bit of a Sunflower, but it obviously isn't one of those. I bet its a really well-known flower and I'll feel stupid when I find out its name.