HINTS & TIPS CARDS CAMERA Set Ups 002 # Nature - Shooting to capture birds in flight THE GOAL To Take A Picture With Birds Frozen in Flight How To Do It Set the camera to S (Shutter Priority Mode) by turning the top mode dial and then use the back control wheel to dial in a shutter speed of 1/1000sec or faster. ISO should be set to the minimum the lighting level which will support an aperture of f2.8 to f4. Use centre weighted exposure metering mode. Use AFC Auto Focus Style and Single Point AF Mode then use the focus button on the lens barrel to allow you to set the position and size of the target by using the cursor buttons and the rear control dial. Using the continuous AF mode allows the camera to continually re-focus as the bird continues to move during the time to shutter button is being depressed. Notes: extra zoom can be achieved by turning on digital zoom but do not go beyond x36 on the scale to prevent image quality loss. Digital zoom cannot be set with RAW format) © Graham Houghton 2013
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HINTS & TIPS CARDS CAMERA Set Ups 002#
Nature - Shooting to capture birds in flight
THE GOAL To Take A Picture With Birds Frozen in Flight
How To Do It Set the camera to S (Shutter Priority Mode) by turning the top mode dial and then use the back control wheel to dial in a shutter speed of 1/1000sec or faster. ISO should be set to the minimum the lighting level which will support an aperture of f2.8 to f4. Use centre weighted exposure metering mode. Use AFC Auto Focus Style and Single Point AF Mode then use the focus button on the lens barrel to allow you to set the position and size of the target by using the cursor buttons and the rear control dial. Using the continuous AF mode allows the camera to continually re-focus as the bird continues to move during the time to shutter button is being depressed. Notes: extra zoom can be achieved by turning on digital zoom but do not go beyond x36 on the scale to prevent image quality loss. Digital zoom cannot be set with RAW format) © Graham Houghton 2013
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