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<blockquote data-quote="HermitIbis" data-source="post: 3336376" data-attributes="member: 128291"><p>Great photos, MKinHK! As far as I know, December is a good time for birding in Hong Kong. It's terrible in Europe, no light... </p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe it's worth to re-post Crazyfingers' settings, taken from <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=240202&page=68#1689" target="_blank">his earlier post.</a> It's what I use as "C2". </p><p></p><p>My own preferred "C1" setting for low-light situations (called "iso priority") is mostly the same. Where the two settings differ, <strong>the C1 setting is added in the second column in bold letters.</strong> </p><p></p><p><em>General settings:</em></p><p>Zoom position: 215mm / <strong>172mm</strong></p><p>Teleconverter: 1.5 or 2.0</p><p>Based on Tv / <strong>Based on Av</strong></p><p>Speed: optional / <strong>can be set high at 1/1000 </strong> (as safety shift is "on")</p><p>F (varies) / <strong>F at 5.6</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Funcset button:</em></p><p>Continuous shooting, not single shot</p><p>AF: center weighed average</p><p>JPEG Large (4000x3000)</p><p></p><p><em>Menu settings:</em></p><p>1*** AF Frame:*** Flexizone </p><p>2*** Digital Zoom:*** either 1.5x or 2.0x / <strong>I often prefer 1.5x</strong></p><p>3*** AF-Point Zoom:*** Off*** </p><p>4*** OnServo AF*:***Off / <strong>ON</strong></p><p>5*** Continuous AF: ** Off*** / <strong>ON</strong></p><p>6*** AF Assist Beam:*** Off</p><p>7*** MF Point Zoom*:** Off</p><p>8*** Safety MF: *** Off / <strong>ON</strong></p><p>9*** Flash Control:** *** -***</p><p>10*** ISO Austo Settings:* / <strong>MAX. ISO 400</strong></p><p>11*** High ISO NR ****Standard / <strong>LOW</strong></p><p>12*** Spot AE Point/AF Point:*** </p><p>Safety Shift (not mentioned by cf) / <strong>Safety Shift: ON</strong></p><p>13*** Movie Audio***</p><p>14*** Review – Quick:**</p><p>15*** Review Info***</p><p>16*** Blink Detection:***Off</p><p>17*** Custom Display:** -</p><p>18*** Reverse Display:**</p><p>19*** IS Settings: Continuous 1</p><p>20*** Display area***Small</p><p>21*** Date stamp off*** Off*** Off***</p><p>22*** Face ID settings***</p><p>23*** Set Shortcut Button T***</p><p></p><p>The following four photos were all shot during the last few days in my C1 mode ("low light"). For the first three photos it appears doubtful whether another mode would have got me the 1/320 sec. In the case of the fourth photo (swan), obviously the light would have sufficed for any other mode, but my C1 ("iso priority") gave me ISO 80, 1/1000 sec. Nothing to complain about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HermitIbis, post: 3336376, member: 128291"] Great photos, MKinHK! As far as I know, December is a good time for birding in Hong Kong. It's terrible in Europe, no light... Maybe it's worth to re-post Crazyfingers' settings, taken from [URL="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=240202&page=68#1689"]his earlier post.[/URL] It's what I use as "C2". My own preferred "C1" setting for low-light situations (called "iso priority") is mostly the same. Where the two settings differ, [B]the C1 setting is added in the second column in bold letters.[/B] [I]General settings:[/I] Zoom position: 215mm / [B]172mm[/B] Teleconverter: 1.5 or 2.0 Based on Tv / [B]Based on Av[/B] Speed: optional / [B]can be set high at 1/1000 [/B] (as safety shift is "on") F (varies) / [B]F at 5.6[/B] [I]Funcset button:[/I] Continuous shooting, not single shot AF: center weighed average JPEG Large (4000x3000) [I]Menu settings:[/I] 1*** AF Frame:*** Flexizone 2*** Digital Zoom:*** either 1.5x or 2.0x / [B]I often prefer 1.5x[/B] 3*** AF-Point Zoom:*** Off*** 4*** OnServo AF*:***Off / [B]ON[/B] 5*** Continuous AF: ** Off*** / [B]ON[/B] 6*** AF Assist Beam:*** Off 7*** MF Point Zoom*:** Off 8*** Safety MF: *** Off / [B]ON[/B] 9*** Flash Control:** *** -*** 10*** ISO Austo Settings:* / [B]MAX. ISO 400[/B] 11*** High ISO NR ****Standard / [B]LOW[/B] 12*** Spot AE Point/AF Point:*** Safety Shift (not mentioned by cf) / [B]Safety Shift: ON[/B] 13*** Movie Audio*** 14*** Review – Quick:** 15*** Review Info*** 16*** Blink Detection:***Off 17*** Custom Display:** - 18*** Reverse Display:** 19*** IS Settings: Continuous 1 20*** Display area***Small 21*** Date stamp off*** Off*** Off*** 22*** Face ID settings*** 23*** Set Shortcut Button T*** The following four photos were all shot during the last few days in my C1 mode ("low light"). For the first three photos it appears doubtful whether another mode would have got me the 1/320 sec. In the case of the fourth photo (swan), obviously the light would have sufficed for any other mode, but my C1 ("iso priority") gave me ISO 80, 1/1000 sec. Nothing to complain about. [/QUOTE]
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