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Hi all. I have a canon 450d with a canon 100-400mm is lens most of my inflight shots are blurred i turn the is off and shoot in sport mode what am i doing wrong
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Hi Chris,
Do you have any examples you can post?
For hand held 400mm you would need a fast shutter speed to catch a moving subject so set the mode to TV, and a speed of 1/1000. If that is not giving you enough light push the ISO up to 400, before bringing the shutter speed down.
Put the IS on (IS mode = 1). If you are panning, set the IS mode to 2. If you are shooting into the sky, make an exposure compensation of +2/3 stop.
I hope that helps for starters.
Good luck.
Col
Do you have any examples you can post?
For hand held 400mm you would need a fast shutter speed to catch a moving subject so set the mode to TV, and a speed of 1/1000. If that is not giving you enough light push the ISO up to 400, before bringing the shutter speed down.
Put the IS on (IS mode = 1). If you are panning, set the IS mode to 2. If you are shooting into the sky, make an exposure compensation of +2/3 stop.
I hope that helps for starters.
Good luck.
Col
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The manual also recommends setting AIServo AF and activating all the AF points, although I've not tried that yet. I've been trying AIServo AF and the centre AF point and my results are pretty rubbish so far, but that could just be me.
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If the bird is against just the sky then using all AF points you should be able to lock on and maintain focus fairly easily as you track the bird in the viewfinder.
The problems come when there's a detailed bg behind the bird (usually when they're flying lower when it tends to be trees behind the bird). Keeping a single AF point on a fast flying bird, especially with an erratic flight pattern, can be maddeningly difficult.
Even in that situation though you should be able to use all AF points. The problem as I understand it is that you initially need to obtain focus lock with the centre AF point, and once you've achieved that, the system can pass focus from one AF point to another without becoming confused and re-focusing on bg detail.
I've used the 100-400L for flight shots and got a high percentage of good shots with IS ON. I'd guess that any blur is down to shutter speed and just how fast the bird is moving which varies enormously with the species.
The problems come when there's a detailed bg behind the bird (usually when they're flying lower when it tends to be trees behind the bird). Keeping a single AF point on a fast flying bird, especially with an erratic flight pattern, can be maddeningly difficult.
Even in that situation though you should be able to use all AF points. The problem as I understand it is that you initially need to obtain focus lock with the centre AF point, and once you've achieved that, the system can pass focus from one AF point to another without becoming confused and re-focusing on bg detail.
I've used the 100-400L for flight shots and got a high percentage of good shots with IS ON. I'd guess that any blur is down to shutter speed and just how fast the bird is moving which varies enormously with the species.
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thankyou all for your information i will give them all a try once again thanks