On 27/02/2021 13:07, David wrote:
Kind of you to assume that I don't already have one.

Just as a hint, on a 35mm camera the 50mm lens is roughly natural size.
No, on a DSLR its a mild telehoto. 35mm is about natural size

So my longest lens (200mm) is roughly 4x natural size.

6x.

My binoculars are 10x42 which gives a lot more detail.

I am saying that if you strap a hand held 400mm on a camera you will get
blur.

Or with fast enough film speed to go for uber short exposures, grain

You can always enlarge a good lenbs image several toimes as well



So 35mm camera doesn't have enough magnification (unless I want to spend
several hundreds perhaps thousands on a very long lens) which is then only
usable with a monopod or tripod and is also a big thing to lug around.

staring from false prenises will always lead you to a false conclusion


Small format cameras with LCD screens on the back are fine if on a tripod
and also not having bright sunlight shining on the screen.
Ditto mobile phones.
Both give pretty shaky results if hand held at 10x or higher.
There is also the "just a minute while I dig out and power up and...****,
missed it!" situation.
Not really comparable to leaning it on your window cill.

So, my use case is that I out walking in the countryside, am looking
through binoculars, see something fleetingly visible and want to capture a
picture.

....Is a fantasy.

I have large and small cameras and a mobile phone with a decent camera but
these aren't working for me.

Perhaps that should tell you something


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