Within minutes of launching, we saw our first raccoon. I took these pictures with Keely's Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 camera. It has a 10x optical zoom, so you can really 'get close' to the action. Sadly, there is a little delay between when you push the button and when the picture is taken, so at 10x zoom in a rocking canoe, the photos can be blurry.