Autofocus on the Z30 isn’t bad, but Sony’s a6100 does better. It lacks a viewfinder and image stabilization: the latter being difficult to find on competing budget cameras as well. However, the Nikon Z30 skips several features to keep the size and price low. The controls and menus are newbie-friendly, and the grip will make even DSLR die-hards happy. In particular, images in low light are quite impressive. Images from the Z30 are great for this price point. It has a wealth of features for vlogging and video, but doesn’t slack when it comes to stills. It also has some weather sealing and doesn’t feel as plastic-fantastic as other budget models. Compact size, $709 price point, and excellent image quality in low light are three strong reasons to consider this camera.
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However, you can find other ways to protect birds at those windows and others at American Bird Conservancy’s website.The Nikon Z30 is so small it resembles an oversized point-and-shoot camera. Screens on crank-open windows don’t protect birds since they’re inside the glass. In my home office, rather than removing the screen, I sliced a large area of it where it attaches to the frame and affixed Velcro around the edges to hold it tightly closed when I’m not photographing birds. Screens on double-hung windows are set on the outside and make the window more visible to birds. Ironically, the windows that give us splendid looks at birds put those very birds’ lives in jeopardy. Pipe insulation has a lengthwise slit that makes it easy to secure on the window you’ll need to slit a pool noodle yourself. To hold a long-lens camera steady from a car seat, clamp your camera on a car window mount made specifically for this purpose, rest the camera on a beanbag set on the bottom of the window frame, or attach a short length of foam water pipe insulation or a pool noodle on the top of the glass.Photos through the side windows, even when closed, invariably turn out better than ones through the curved windshield.Turn the engine off to prevent its vibrations from blurring your images.The principles of taking photos through a car window are similar, with a few extra considerations: Window screens always mar photos, but the effect will be minimized if you’re shooting at right angles to the screen. When possible, shoot straight through the window rather than at an angle to minimize the effects of glass.Bringing your camera closer to the window than its minimum focus distance also makes it easier to focus on the bird. Hold the camera as close to the glass as possible to reduce the area of glass you’re shooting through.Even the tiniest speck of dirt, and sometimes glass itself, can trick a camera’s autofocus.
If you have an ideal window for viewing birds, keep the window screen off except when you want to open the window for fresh air.Here are a few tips for taking usable photos through window glass: There’s no trick to taking photos through an open window, but if the window is closed when a good bird appears, opening it risks scaring the bird away, and some windows don’t open. The few times a bird has flown in through a window when I’ve been photographing, it instantly turned tail and flew back out through the same open window, the only bright spot in the room. Before I open the window, I pull the shade down over the upper pane on my double-pane window and close the shades on other windows in the room, turn off any lights, and close doors to the rest of the house.
Unfortunately, opening an unscreened window invites mosquitoes, wasps, and other insects into the house along with hot or frigid outside air, so I do this only when I’m actively taking photos. My dining room, family room, and home office serve as photo blinds, with easily opened windows looking out on feeders, birdbaths, and bird-attracting vegetation.
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