— new to me, that is. I bought a used Fuji Finepix HS10 on-line from Henry’s. [As a side note, I agreed to an online price, but when Henry’s had a sale that I didn’t know about they refunded $50!]
The camera I’ve been using for the last several years, an Olympus SP-570UZ had too many trips in my carry-on luggage, I think: the auto focus mostly didn’t work, and much of the time I couldn’t put it to manual focus either. I do use my iPhone to take pictures and video clips and I bought a little Fuji XP60 when I was in California in March but neither of these two can take the kind of pictures I want to take. I didn’t want to spend $500 or more so I shopped used from a reputable dealer. (I wasn’t ready to buy used on Kijiji or eBay.)
I am happy with my purchase. First 2 pictures out of the box taken from the same vantage point:
Yesterday morning, just before I was leaving for work, I heard a commotion on my balcony. I looked out to see Mr & Mrs House-Finch. She was busy stealing fibres from my planter. He was preening and standing guard:
(Because of re-sizing these pictures aren’t as crisp as the originals.)
I am quite pleased with my new toy!