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New Photos

 

Here are a few squirrel photos that were taken on some ancient DSLR cameras. Clicking on most photos will take you to a review of that camera (D700 coming soon). The year on each image is when the camera was released.

 

The moral of this gallery is that old digital cameras can still be great with good lenses and the right conditions. The resolution and colour accuracy can be a little rough on some of the very oldest models, plus that is compounded by their raw files not being supported in the awesome DxO denoiser, but I was still pleasantly surprised, so I'm curious what you think also.

 

Using these DSLRs to capture these subjects at low angles, was a pain in the ass with optical viewfinders. Only the very last camera has live-view, a tilting screen and decent AF in that mode, so I had to get down in the dirt to take most of the others.

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On the flip-side, most modern mirrorless cameras have live-view and tilting screens combined, not only with AF, but fast animal eye-AF, camera stabilization and high-res sensors. That can be a game changer for these subjects. However, keep in mind that no camera can keep up with squirrels running around close to you.​

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Once you have friendly wildlife and a decent lens sorted, the most important aspects are; your determination and skill.

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