Tricksy Moose writes:
<<<Have you considered techniques other than straight, single shots? With that
camera and lens, you have a few options (none with convenient flash, though):
<<<1. Just blast away. Set C-AF and Sequential Mode (High ~=15 fps, Low~=10fps)
and push the GO button for bursts. I forget to do this when it would help, and
regret it. It really does work.
<<2. Try Focus Stacking. No, you aren't going to use the stack, but it tries,
taking eight shots, at what it judges to be mid, closest and a far focus that
fit it's criteria. I'm not a fan of Stacking in general, but it's effort to
find closest focus might pay off here. I've only had Stacking for a short
while, since a firmware update, so haven't tried it for this.
<<<3. I've caught a few great insect pix when Bracketing a flower; bee flies in
unexpectedly, and gets caught, for example.
<<<4. Pro Capture. Half press, and it starts making electronic sequential
shots, throwing away the oldest if the cache fills (LIFO). Finish press, and it
writes all to the card. Later, browse to find the one half a second before you
realized it was perfect - and shot too late.
<<<All these techniques burn storage space, but you get it back when you cull.
I just leave 'em on the card; 64GB is a lot of space, until it fills and is
reused, but cull on the HD.
<<Put whichever one(s) you are trying on Fn buttons, to turn on/off instantly.
You could store different combos in Custom Settings.
All excellent suggestions. I need to try them and sort out in the backyard
first. I read this after my outing--more on that in a bit.
Mike
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