Nikon P950 is my only camera that I use. I don’t see me buying any other camera in the future. Great video. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. ❤❤❤
Hi Digger I enjoy your videos. It's not an easy hobby we have. I also use my car as a hide. I was at Guadalentin and Sierra Espuna yesterday. Lots of flies around at Guadalentin. No decent images yesterday but some good birds. Roller, Bee-eaters, Great spotted Cuckoo. 3 Black bellied Sandgrouse, 2 Marsh Harriers and a Short-toed Eagles at Guadalentin. 4 Golden Eagles and 1 Short-toed Eagle and lots of Buttflies and the Fox at the cafe at Sierra Espuna. I live in Torrevieja out birding quite a lot my year list is currently 189. Geoff
Hi Geoff glad you like my videos ...sounds like you have just had an action packed day covering alot of area but an amazingly good selection for this time of year ..the flies are becoming a real problem @ this time of year and do my head in and usually makes me move my location after 10 mins max so now becoming a gun n run 😂 i am also out most days but usually its an hr a day morning or late afternoon depending on what i am hoping to see on my route which depends on time of year ....Golden Oriole's are tickling my fancy @ the moment 😁 i think i have found you on FB ? will send a friends request
I photograph Rollers at El Molar by La Marina there were 7 there the other morning. I would love to photograph Golden Orioles as well I have failed twice so far at Sierra de Benejuzar. Some of my images appear on the Costa Blanca Bird Club pages.
Such a solid review. I wanted the P1000 for so long but when the P950 came out that changed.. Much more sensible size for what I want it for and with an amazing zoom. Newer better cameras has come out but none offer this zoom which I'd thought would be a given at least on some models. Even Nikon hasn't offered an upgrade in like 4 years.
It was so enjoyable watching how much you really loved what you were doing. I also started off just using GoPro, but I missed so many far away shots so I recently just bought the P950. That’s how I stumbled on your video. I’m still learning the photography side of things, and learning the settings on the camera. But I absolutely enjoy the hobby and from the video I can tell you do as well. Thank you for the video.
I can never be tired of beautiful bee eaters. I am wondering if the drought in Spain is the reason we have had Golden Orioles on the Gower Peninsular, Hoopoes in Eastbourne and Dungerness and Bee Eaters in Norfolk in the last week. We will probably miss the Bee Eaters this year as we wont be out until October. I have seen those wheatears over on Sector D before.
There is something fantastic about the Bee-eaters ...i think storm Henry had alot to do with Birds being in the wrong places this year and like you say we are in severe drought in our Valley and there is a distinct lack of Birds that should be breeding here now maybe not enough soft insects to feed there young ? so have moved slightly to places that have had rain recently ? the Bee -eaters have been going to a bird reserve /gravel pit in Norfolk for a few yrs now but its not been really the right weather for them so they right on the edge of the where they can breed i think there is a live webcam of them ?
Beautiful!!! I’m getting a P950 in a couple of days…can’t wait!! What settings do you have for your bird pictures? Are you in Bird mode? They look great, have they been reworked/edited? The birds you filmed at the end of the video are how far away from you?
Thanks for the kind comment ...good luck with your new camera they are good value for the money so i'm sure you will enjoy it ..i am now using manual mode usually f/5.6 or f/6.3 shutter speeds 1/500 to 1/800 and auto ISO for stationary birds but no settings are written in stone as i have been trying out f/7.1 for the Bee-eaters and they seem OK i just do a basic edit of my RAW file in Nikons NX studio...the Bee-eaters were approx 25mtrs away from me
@@digger360 Thanks for your quick reply. I'll try the settings you mention, but of course I will have to get used to the camera first, can't wait to get it...one more day to wait if all goes well 😀 Have you tried any macro photography with this camera? Besides birds I'm also interested in taking photos of insects and small animals. Keep on making these nice videos, they're really entertaining and beautiful.
@@sakripo Good luck on your adventure with this camera you will enjoy it just take your time ...i am like you learning this camera and photography in general and enjoying getting out in the countryside around me ...i really havn't got the patience for insects but i do try the odd shot of Butterflies and Dragonflys when they present themselves ..i do take some photos of my wifes flowers in the garden and they come out OK just i don't get the composition right i am told 😂 perhaps i should include them in a video
Very interesting, getting my P950 tomorrow and so I'll have to work through all your vids now. Pretty much starting from scratch, so your experiences will be very useful. Our friends who relocated to that part of Spain may receive a visit from us sooner than expected! 🙂
Okay, I have the P1000 and I consider it a lemon and every day I make lemonade with it. I don't know about the P950, but with the P1000 you can configure Raw and this gives me the freedom to have a raw image with more color and sharpness, which avoids artificial artifacts during editing, giving surprising results that not even a professional recognized that P1000 was the author of that photo. I use a maximum of ISO 400, I've already tested the 90D + Sigma 600 C and Canon 600mm, as well as the R8, R50, RP and none of them gave me the detail that the P1000 gives me when it comes to distance! So whoever criticizes them doesn't know their potential and of course they have their limitations, for example at 5pm I no longer use them... but they surprise me every day in both distant and macro photos and I take a very focused and clear photo . . birds in flight. That must be why the P1000 doesn't have a manual but rather a book, haha...hugs 👍🇧🇷!
Lovely video. I suspect the pink bird is either a collared dove that a Spaniard has painted like they do to pigeons or it could be a Red Collared Dove that has escaped from an aviary as they are native to South East Asia and we are hoping to see some in Kuching later this year.
Thank you for the reply i am glad you liked the video ...yes i did think about the " Painted Pigeons of Murcia " and have spoken to someone who's familly are into it but they don't seem to think it would be one of there members ... i like the idea of a Red Collared Dove and Murcia does have a zoo perhaps i will message them with a photo ...or it could just be a colour mutation on a Collared Dove ? ....natural diversity 😊
nice video - thanks for sharing. I am about to buy my first proper cameral and thinking of getting this one vs the heavier P1000. Your video makes me think it's a nice camera for birding so thanks again.
It is always lovely scenery up there in Espuna. I have seen a Crested Tit in the pine trees on the ridge at the back of Camposol D past the agricultural reservoir above D4. My photo of the Crested Tit is a bit blurred as it was just out of focal range of my camera. We once went to an RSPB reserve looking for Dartford Warblers. Spent a few hours walking around and could hear birds but did not see a single bird until we got back to the car park and there was a Robin on a fence post near our car. I have had more luck with tree creepers! 1 at Bushy Park, another at Hampton Court Home Park and another at Desborough Island.
The Sierra Espuna always looks nice and green from a distance as for the bird watching it always beats us we see alot of birds but its very hard to get decent photos in the tree canopy theres always a branch in front of them !!! we did see a few Short Toed Tree Creepers after we stopped filming on the way out of the park but i got dizzy keep walking around the trees they are soo frustrating abit like the Crested Tit always on the move and the time you find and then start to focus boom gone ...all the Dartfords that i normally photograph all left this week along with most of the Stonechats and saw my 1st Swallow Saturday and im informed the alot of birds are crossing @ Gib ...spring is on the way
@@digger360 Spring is certainly on its way. The Dartford Warblers are being seen at Farnham Heath at the moment. The crocus is giving way to the daffodils and the skylarks are returning. Wish we could send some of our excess water to Murcia! We have had the wettest Feb ever with over twice the average rainfall for February. I know what you mean about trying to focus on fast moving birds flitting around the tree tops. I usually get a blurred bird and a beautifully focused branch or leaf in front of the bird.
Nice video - I have the P1000 on loan and am struggling to get to grips. You do better than I have! BTW, the "linnets" are corn buntings and the redstarts are black redstarts. I love the Spanish landscapes and bird habitats. Awesome. Crazy tip about banging the camera - though I had a problem with the Canon 5D where the wheel wouldn't change the settings and it seemed that banging the lens made the difference, but v risky.
The original idea to bang the camera came off the net so somebody else must have had the same problem @ sometime but yes not recommended really as it could end in tears ! i am glad that you corrected me as i did think they were juvenile linnets as there were a load of different species feeding in this brocoli field together like a super flock and the Redstart i wasn't paying attention when editing 😁 ...yes we have some amazing landscapes here in the Murcian Region but we are still in drought and some rain would be most wellcome ...not sure how the P1000 will help you except with extra reach ?
Thats a hard question for me to answer because i have never used a P1000 but in theory it should be the P1000 as it has a bigger zoom which is why alot of people buy either the P950 or P1000 as we all want the extra zoom without the weight / price of a DSLR camera but the downside of the P1000 must the extra weight which is why i went for the P950 it was the biggest zoom for the weight / price 👍
i have the P950 for almost 2 years now and didnt regret anything. if there is anything i dont like its the small sensor and combined with that bad photo quality. if you just look at the ISO button a bit weird it gets worse. but i made it habit to adjust my workflow a little bit. download photos. AI de-noising software to clean up the image. then lightroom for some contrast and corrections. thats all to get great photos from this cam. i bought a macro adapter lens and some LED light panels. which makes it a fantastic toy to play at home with a tripod on rainy days.
Nice use of zooming crops and a good mixture of stills and video and music, although, I wonder if acoustic guitar might go better with birds. I've owned a P900 but never had the problem you described, however, from time to time, some mirrorless cameras seem to lock up for no obvious reason. Fortunately, the cure almost always seems to be to turn them off, take the battery out and then put it back in and the camera fires up like nothing was ever wrong. However, I'm happy to report my P900 never did that. You have some very good stills with excellent use of what looks to be late afternoon light but their impact is somewhat diluted by some soft video images. I wouldn't mind spending a little more time lingering over your sharp images.
I enjoyed your video and found the music and intro eye and ear catching. I have owned a P900 as well as the Canon SX50,60 and 70hs cameras. They have an amazing reach but, as you've discovered, really aren't happy above ISO 200. Early on I photographed eagles tussling in a tree. The SX60 had the reach but couldn't really freeze the action. My P900 did a great job photographing nest building osprey, its range keeping me at a respectful distance and a great place to start learning action photos. RU-vidr Stafford Fuhs has also produced some great videos showing what you can do with bridge cameras like the P950. If you don't mind some constructive criticism, try shortening your videos by a couple minutes, add some "Ken Burns" zooming crops and, perhaps, give us some technical data, apx. focal length and, maybe, distance from subject. Your use of music was excellent and the Ken Burns crops, when appropriate, will give more display time for each photo and help you craft the mood you want your viewer to feel. I hope you will find some value in these suggestions and I look forward to your future videos.
Thanks for the constructive critism it helps me evolve so to speak and i have watched Stafford Fuhs videos which helped me a great deal ...never sure how much details people want see so er on the low side ...but its a great learning curve
I have had my P950 for a few years and it is my go to camera for most everything I don’t do people but, birding, landscape and moon and lately sun shots with a solar lense filter
Glad you got your lens hood sorted. Andy lost his lens cap on Staines Moor. We are waiting for the replacement to arrive. Plenty of Stonechats and Chiffchaffs on Staines Moor including one very lost Siberian chiffchaff. Lots of lovely bird pics on your video. Hope to see some of those birds in Murcia Region in September.
Thanks for the comment ..yes its a good lightweight superzoom camera and good value for money which ticked every box for me and i use it most days and still love it
Thanks for the honest review Digger. Like you I struggle with the weight of my Canon dslr and its 100-400 zoom lens which comes in at 2.5kg. Taking the plunge I have now ordered the P950. Looking forward to having the extra reach and less weight hopefully it will be a good trade off.
