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Nello Milanese Online Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. Ok it doesn't get worst than this My combo sucks LoooL 350d + 70-300mm IS + 1.4 Kenko TC..sooo no AF and on top of that harsh light on blackbirds...difficult to use the camera's metering...tried all 3 of them w some nasty nasty results Either severe underexposure or blown highlights festival !! So went manual exposure ignoring even when the needle was blinking at -2! Turned out it was better and got a few keepers. All shots at 300mm x 1.4 x 1.6 (crop factor). Efective F9 manual exposure..manual focus. I had a hell of a time at the park though...really enjoyed all 3 hours! can't wait to go back.Hope you like them: 1. Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae) very slightly cropped 2. Female blackbird (Turdus Merula) 3. Male blackbird (w some blown highlights to go along ) Jan 19, 2008 at 11:35 PM

Dave In La Offline Buy and Sell: On Gone birding on Manual.. great way to get a workout......I go all manual sometimes just for the challenge and the occasional BIF necessity. All the exposure look really good here, maybe a bit sharp and saturated. Enjoy seeing your Italy birds Nello Jan 19, 2008 at 11:59 PM

Nello Milanese Online Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. Thx for the feedback Dave...I guess my laptop's Lcd isn't top-notch...they don't look saturated to me...go figure Forgot to mention..all shots are ISO 400. Dave In La wrote: great way to get a workout......I go all manual sometimes just for the challenge and the occasional BIF necessity. All the exposure look really good here, maybe a bit sharp and saturated. Enjoy seeing your Italy birds Nello Jan 20, 2008 at 08:23 AM

Nello Milanese Online Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. Hmmm no feedback..guess I suck too not just my combo LoooL Jan 20, 2008 at 04:52 PM

Edward Rotberg Offline Buy and Sell: On Gone birding on Manual.. These turned out pretty good Nello! I especially like the balcbird despite the blow highlights. I usually shoot in Manual for birds, and only use AV mode if the light is continually changing. Meters are too easily fooled, and if the light isn't changing, there is no need to for any automatic mode. This means on clear or fully overcast days I'm usually on AV until the sunrise is complete, and then on manual. Likewise in the evening, I will switch over to manual as the light starts to dim at sunset. Often I just stay in manual, and keep re-adjusting my settings. = Ed = Jan 20, 2008 at 05:15 PM

Nello Milanese Online Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. I'm throwin' in another sample...maybe someone's still deciding on getting the Kenko 1.4 TC for their 70-300 IS USM so this thread could help. And YES I do like blackbirds a lot Same settings as the 1's before.. Jan 22, 2008 at 01:11 AM

Dave In La Offline Buy and Sell: On Gone birding on Manual.. super color/sat/detail in this one Nello...in my opinion Jan 22, 2008 at 01:16 AM

gerov Offline Buy and Sell: On Gone birding on Manual.. That last one is quite impressive Nello, in terms of color, detail and clarity. Nicely done. Jan 22, 2008 at 01:53 AM

Hungtran10 Offline Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. nice work with the manual settings and focus. #3 gets my vote for the series. - hung Jan 22, 2008 at 02:54 AM

Shaun Cox Offline Image Upload: Off Gone birding on Manual.. All nice shots... good job with the focus, especially. I recently found out the same thing... that I got more "keepers" in manual mode. With a 400mm & 1.7TC, I set a shutter speed of 1/1000, aperature of wide-open (6.7), and then turn on Auto-ISO to let the camera adjust the ISO up if there is still insufficient light. This results in noiser pictures of course, but at least they are sharp and noisy instead of blury and clean as I'm used to getting on Aperature priority alone. I don't go near manual focus though. Jan 22, 2008 at 03:03 AM

Shasoc Offline Image Upload: On Gone birding on Manual.. Well done, Nello. You are making that combo shining. Socrate Jan 22, 2008 at 05:26 AM

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