Does you new camera have some sort of motion reduction? I ask because mine does, and even at 60x it works pretty good. There is an option on mine to have it on or off, and it is actually recommended to cut it off if shooting from a tripod.

Interesting,..i will have to go study that setting,..that would be a great help,..not that i have a shaky hand but when zoomed fully one tends to see the intended capture wavering,..thank you for that info i will let you know how i fared out

Larry,..read through the Camera Manual up to page 36,..whew lots of more pages,..there is a stabilzation on the Camera,..and a first pressure and second pressure when capturing an image,..i found when at zoom if i apply the first pressure the focus becomes clear to enable a clear shot when i press the second phase