- If sufficient avalaible light possibly stop down lens 0.3-1.0 stop: details: 9 APERTURE values
- ================================== Camera handling: ============================
- Back button Autofocus:
- AF-Lock set switch to lock selection (if you don’t use multiselector for AF-point selection)!
- Language: English (matching camera buttons, keyboard shortcuts Lightrooom, online info)
- Shutterspeed: Maximum Highspeed (be prepared for fast bird action).
- Beep: Pitch: low, Volume: lowest (useful signal bird in-focus if strong wind, etc.)
- Standby time c2: 30 seconds: (stop VR and AF to save battery power)
- EV Increments: 1/2 stop (easy counting & resetting during actual photography)
- b4: Easy EXPOSURE Correction (EXP. Corr. via subdial: e.g. in combination with”Back Button Focus”)
- ========================================== Light: ============================
- Automatic light measurement: Spot metering: bird central in viewfinder & crop in Lightroom.
- Centre weighted sensor area light measurement: 6mm (about average “size” bird in viewfinder)
- Camera PASM mode: A (APERTURE Mode).
- APERTURE value preferably f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8 (reliable AF & AF 3D & auto AF area)
- Underexpose systematically: -1.0-2.5 EV (protect detail in highlights picture)
- Quality: 14 bits RAW lossless compressed (do not touch image files; files maximal info)
- Colour space (kleurruimte): Adobe Colour Space: (Lightroom, ViewNX, Faststone)
- WB auto A1: (AUTO2 protect actual warm colors & correct later in Lightroom)
- ======================================== Focus & track =========================
- Autofocus mode: AF-Continuous 25d (25 AF points & continuous anticipating AF & track)
- Autofocus parameter: a1=focus (priority focus, not Release)
- Autofocus parameter: a3=1 (fast start, dive bird, etc.). Motion: steady (Kingfisher, Crane, Buzzard), erratic (Tern, Woodpecker) medium (our “default”)
- Autofocus parameter: a8=AF On only (enabling back button AF)
- ================================= Shoot a (series of) picture(s): ====================
- = Press AF-ON (camera starts focus & tracking Back Button Autofocus)
- = OR do nothing and wait while camera holds AF position …
- = OR Full press Release: light measurement, EXPOSURE Time computed, picture(s).
- = Check result.
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