2021-12-24, 10:35 AM
(2021-12-24, 07:28 AM)John Morrow Wrote: All taken with various point and shoots, however, that I continue to break on short order.
Yup, I always carry one of the small cameras with good optical zoom, as that's the only way to get a good animal shot, though my son does pretty well by pressing his binox against the lens of his phone. And I always carry a "spare" camera in my baggage because, as you point out, they don't live long. I think fine sand gets into the gearing controlling the lens, and that screws up the stepper motor on the auto focus, rendering them useless pretty thoroughly. Sometimes twisting the lens - makes a grinding noise - gets it back in whack but I figure I'm lucky if I get a year or two out of one of those.