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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertvelasco" data-source="post: 3739396" data-attributes="member: 146696">Canon G3x Desktop SlidesI have concluded thus far that there is a learning curve attached to this camera.  Firstly, because of the size of birds and the distance between the camera and the bird, it is hard to hand hold as the image stabilization is not quite steady enough.  Secondly, I do find it a bit difficult to narrow the focus point to what I normally use for birds, pin point focus.  With this camera it seems the best I can do is to get a small square in the middle of the frame and then I struggle to keep the subject inside the box.  Having said this, I do believe the problem is me and not the camera as the pictures are mostly focused although not as sharp as I would like.  Any focusing tips you all might have would be greatly appreciated.  I have shot in raw mode using this camera and am considering not shooting in this mode anymore because the jpg images this camera produces are very, very good.  Then because my post processing software, Adobe Elements 15, has a raw image component that permits raw processing for jpg images, I can avail myself of any fine tuning that may be needed.  Somehow this strategy seems at odds with the idea of buying a 20 mega pixel camera but there is where I seem to be.</blockquote>