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Shoot!

I'm an ultra-amateur photographer, but I enjoy taking pictures of nature - birds, flowers, landscapes - you get the drift.  I used to shoot with a Canon EOS Rebel digital camera, and it took great pictures, but the zoom wasn't great for distance shooting, and it had no WIFI capabilities.  The zoom was 18-55, leaving a lot to be desired. I was looking at a lens I could buy to get the distance, and the lens I was looking at was going to cost $1,000 USD, which was steep considering how old my digital camera was.

I went on a birding trip to Costa Rica, and one of the people in my group had a Nikon Coolpix P900 Camera (this has since been upgraded to the Nikon Coolpix P950 Camera). I noticed that the pictures he got from large distances was of greater quality than what I was getting, if I got the shot at all depending on the distance.  

Before I got home I logged into my Amazon account, and put that camera in my cart.  I purchased it as soon as I returned home. One thing I like in particular is that while on WIFI I can download pictures from my camera to my iPhone in just a couple of minutes. This allows me to share fresh pictures to my media pages.

Here are some of the technical details of the Nikon camera:

• COOLPIX P950 offers 16. 0 Megapixels of resolution
• COOLPIX P950 features an 83X optical zoom/166X Dynamic Fine Zoom
• Built-in Bird and Moon modes along with scene modes for simple shooting
• COOLPIX P950 can capture stills and 4K UHD video
• Max Focal Length: 2000
• Video Capture Resolution: 4K Uhd 2160P

On the back of the camera you can look through the lens for shooting, or look through the roomy display. It was easy to learn the camera's use, it fits in my hand, and it takes great pictures!

Recently, a rare bird for Indiana arrived at Spring Mill State Park, and I was able to capture memories I could not have otherwise gotten with just my iPhone, or some simpler point and shoot camera. Plus, at $797 it doesn't break the bank, which is great. This camera also has a 4+ star rating on Amazon from other users.  Try it out, and let me know what you think!

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