Just Signed Up Today - Beginners Questions - Camera/Lens

[The Fisher King]

Thankyou to all contributors to my thread so far which has given plenty to think about.

To be honest with you I considered the Nikon Coolpix B700 with a 60 x optical zoom before I read about the Nikon D3400/3500 SLR's camera's now D5100.

Yes I am already very sure that any good DSLR would be better than the Coolpix,but the trade off is the DSLR is more complicated and certainly much more expensive regarding my desired lenses for bird photo's e.g. 400mm

I could buy a new Coolpix for $500.00 just point and shoot so to speak or a very good hardly used D5100 with the 55mm and 300mm lenses with accessories for $500

But saying all of that I am guessing the Coolpix 60 x zoom won't help me at 50m to photo a pair of Sea eagles sitting side by side.

If you might be stating the obvious please state it anyway.

Thankyou.

The F King