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It's not a question of "best" - the image at shutter press is what the full sensor will record.  The image while you're focusing is a closeup of the center to help you focus more accurately. You ...

Also, flash will be disabled in any of the burst/bracket shooting modes, including  HDR

The enlarged image is just to help you focus. It’s not showing the full sensor

FZ80 certainly does have image stabilization.  It's basically an FZ70 with upgraded software, so it handles 4K video and related features https://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/l ...

Excellent collection, Mark. Glad to see you back here. Hope all is well.

The perfect camera for social distancing ;-)

I generally use a 5-stop (ND-32) filter for fireworks at f/8. Here are some examples. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32989985@N07/albums/72157671155646935

Nice collection.  The ND filter nicely prevents overexposure, so you can see the flare colors

Not sure whether or not you mentioned it, but while you're in SCN mode, you can tap the menu button and get to the SCN choices.

I initially thought that the softness was due to atmospheric effects, because the subject must be a few hundred feet away.  Turns out that the image sharpens nicely with Topaz Sharpen AI, and my ...

Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t auto iso, which would vary to keep image and screen brightness constant over a substantial range of aperture and shutter

I think you can also rotate the dial on and off the SCN setting

Are you using auto ISO ? If so, try with fixed ISO. Also check [Custom][Constant Preview] on page 201 of the advanced manual.  It's relevant only to manual exposure mode One setting keeps the view ...

Also please post sample straight from card

Nice shot. Wings look great !

Thank you, Ellie. Glad you enjoyed them

Have you updated the firmware? The latest  update apparently corrects this problem P950 https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/388.html P1000 https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/e ...

Can your CPL accept a threaded filter? If not, the answer is easy.  Otherwise it shouldn't matter

Thank  you.  The bugs think so also. You might find this article interesting https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/dragonflies-natures-deadly-drone-but-prettier.html

Alan, Thanks for the tips.