I am gradually building up to a large trip report, I can't quite take the plunge. I cannot believe that is has nearly been a month since I travelled but there it is. Part of the delay is due to the vast numbers of photos I have been unable to cull. Back in the day it used to be the same, but I have got used to birding trips where my photos are a load of old rubbish, or even nonexistent as I couldn't be bothered to lug the camera around. This new Sony stuff - cheap Sony stuff - is a game-changer. Whilst the Canon was nearly twice as heavy it was also four or five times more expensive. At the time it was what everyone used so I used it too. The pros like the great Arthur Morris published reams about it and I learned a ton. It was great, wonderful even, and it set me up on a lifetime journey. But things move on and I am now using a camera that can sit on top of my mobile phone and still has space around the edges. The lens is a mid-range consumer(ish) zoom which lets in about half as much light as the Canon prime did and would comfortable fit inside it were it hollow. The whole lot easily comes in at under 3kg and in Brazil I carried it all day every day without really noticing it. The Canon was over 5kg and in its latter years was carted across the Atlantic only to stay in the car. The whole premise is completely bonkers.
Anyway, I am the world's greatest bore and nobody cares. It is all about the birds, always has been, and you will rarely find anything else on these pages. Here is a quick Bananaquit as it has just gone 7am and I am itching to get down to the greenhouse.
Bananaquit
