Great Hefty, makes sense.

thanks

I tend to use spot. Sometimes I have tried center weighted but mostly stick to spot. In my feeble attempts so far to get any decent shots of wildlife the ones that came close to being reasonable were taken with spot.

But with the new settings its a whole new process so I want to have a go at it now. I have the impression that with the new tip about the settings given by Terry this is going to be a totally new ball game

Great

Now all I need is my battery to finish charging and head to the shed and lock myself in there.

Then will use the txt on the mobile for the wife to bring me some sandwiches and drinks while I am locked in there hehehe. She is starting to think this is my mid life crisis, anyway she is happy that its photography rather than any other hobbies ha

Chirpy

have you used the DA* 300 mm with any teleconverter fitted? If so what are your thoughts about it. I have seen your wildlife images, absolutely stunning.

Scott

please do not apologise, I am most happy for you to just butt in any moment . I am on such a steep learning curve here that any questions asked just add to my knowledge and understanding.

And you are right, even in my ignorance within the field seems like the K20 is such a wonderful beast and I want to learn as much as possible.

What Terry just commented and after I made the changes seem to have such a huge impact in my test shots that I just couldn't believ it. I was struggling to try to adjust the shutter speed and get a higher speed every time I tried to get those shots you see up there and I just couldn't and now with the new settings I suddenly see myself much more in control. .

I am just waiting for my battery to recharge to go out there and fire some shots, cant wait for it and try the new settings.

Terry

sorry coming back to this settings again, this means that if I change the EV steps to 1/3 then it is advisable also to change the next settings 3 (Sensitive steps) to 2 (As EV steps) instead of leaving it just to =ISO sensitivity steps set to 1 EV.

Am I correct on this? I just want to get a general idea of the settings that mostly one could set it up to.

thanks again for all your help

Terry

Thank you very much for that. Here is something new that I have learnt. . I really appreciate it.

I will ge there. Live just around the corner.

Do you guys carry your kit with you when you go?

Cliff

You can have your pigeon back . Its making a mess in my garden and scaring off the lovely birds anyway. With it you can have the squirel too .

Thank you everyone for all your advice above. I really appreciate it and am going to implement them, hopefully today.

Also regarding the shutter speed, seems like if I bump it higher the aperture blinks, does that mean that I need to either bump higher the ISO or I need to use flash, is this correct? My shutter speed jumps from 250 to 350, is that how it is or there is a setting that can be adjusted?

Oh and finally, shooting through glass. Yup I think that is a really big big no, I realised that now. So am off to the shed today and see what I can get, hopefully the images won't be as poorly as the above ones.

Thank you all very much for all your advice and help. Much appreciated

Amin

Yup, I had the impression that camera shake was a big contributor factor in the lack of sharpness. Tripod is definitely going to be used once I lock myself into the shed. I love the birds that just hover around constantly in my back garden and would love to get some good shots of them.

First one was the only one that I got on a tripod . Well spotted Darkmunk . But still it looks like it lacks something, or I might have got it better if I had chosen the right settings. Well, may be next time