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First attempt at wildlife photos with sx730 - bald eagle

Started Jun 9, 2018 | Discussions thread
CMCM Veteran Member • Posts: 5,995
Re: First attempt at wildlife photos with sx730 - bald eagle
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BIFs are incredibly difficult, I've found. I'm struggling with it myself, with very little success yet. It's fun trying, however. I'm not sure which AF mode to use myself, but maybe continuous AF with a multiple shot fast release mode would work best, but I can't yet say for sure as I haven't played with it enough.  Mostly I'm using my Nikon P900 and D5600 for BIF practice as I have long zooms on those two.  The G7XII has such a short zoom it doesn't really work for BIFs. But your SX730 has a nice long zoom, so you're in a better place to succeed with that one.

I took this photo with a G7XII in horrible, overcast, foggy light conditions, and I'm fairly certain I was well into digital zoom territory, which is one reason the quality is lousy. The detail is horrible and a definitely pixel peeper's nightmare, but this is the only half decent shot I've managed so far.

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