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R7 first bird shots, unretouched

Started 8 months ago | Photos thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: R7 first bird shots, unretouched
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ZapperVT wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

Well done!

Turn the IS off for BIFs

Thanks, I forgot about the IS settings. I do think I was fighting the IS to some extent.

How about "Mode 3" for "Stabilizer Mode" on the lens?

"MODE 3

Shooting irregularly moving subjects

  • Sports photography of soccer, basketball, etc.
  • Photography of animals

Since vibration is corrected only during exposure, it is suited to shooting irregularly moving subjects."

Mode 3 still suffers from the problem of the delay between half-pressing the shutter button and the IS 'spinning up' and settling. You just don't see anything happening in the viewfinder. For maybe half a second, having IS switched on can actually make it worse. Sometimes you can hold the half-press in anticipation of the shot, but for BIFs it is often easier to just switch IS off.

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