Second new bird visitor this week

[Manxman]

Looking at the Exif frim Nick, thanks.

 

Focal length 215mm

Shutter speed 1/100 sec

Iso 800

Aperture f6.5

Time 17:05.

 

My opinion is that the low quality is due to camera shake, the shutter speed should be at least the same as the focal length, ie 1/250 sec or better still 1/400 sec.

The aperture is probably about right if it was set by the camera in an auto mode as is the Iso.

As the pic was took at 17:06 the light will have been starting to go too, hence the 800 Iso.

 

When you get a chance Judy, pick a bright day, set the camera to Shutter priority then set the shutter speed to 1/400 sec. Your camera will then take care of all the other needed settings. Take another photo or two of your birds from where the others were took. If you can, lean against something to help steady the camera.

 

Post them, they should be as sharp as your snow covered bird table.

[nick]

I also wondered if the digital zoom was causing some blur:

 

Digital Zoom Ratio = 4000/2048 ===> 1.95

[nursejudy]

today's efforts ,had a lovely thrush not sure if song or missal ,

have tried taking piccys with different shutter speed or aperture on f8 please advise

 

 

 

 

 

[nursejudy]

this is for the last picture

 

Make

Canon

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Aperture

6.5

Exposure Time

1/320 (0.003125 sec)

Lens ID

Unknown 4-215mm

Focal Length

215.0 mm

Flash

Off, Did not fire

File Size

111 kB

File Type

JPEG

MIME Type

image/jpeg

Image Width

800

Image Height

579

Encoding Process

Baseline DCT, Huffman coding

Bits Per Sample

8

Color Components

3

X Resolution

180

Y Resolution

180

Software

Picasa

YCbCr Sub Sampling

YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1)

YCbCr Positioning

Co-sited

Date and Time (Original)

2013:03:24 11:59:13

Max Aperture Value

6.5

Metering Mode

Evaluative

Color Space

sRGB

Sensing Method

One-chip color area

Custom Rendered

Normal

Exposure Mode

Auto

White Balance

Auto

Digital Zoom Ratio

1.953125

Scene Capture Type

Standard

Contrast

Normal

Saturation

Normal

Sharpness

N/A

Quality

Fine

Sequence Number

1

F Number

6.5

Exposure Compensation

N/A

Focus Mode

Single

ISO

100

Digital Zoom

1.95x

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

XMP Toolkit

XMP Core 5.1.2

[ayjay]

 

this is for the last picture

Image Width

800

Image Height

59

Do you have the option to take larger pics?

 

If you do, set the image size for largest and quality to highest - you get less pics on a memory card but unless you are shooting in RAW you'll still get hundreds on a 4gb card.

 

Edit: Mistle thrush and Reed bunting btw.

Edited March 24, 2013 by ayjay

[snakey1]

The canon SX50 HS can shoot in RAW so if you don't mind the after processing work its better (imo) to shoot in that.

Judy the 50X optical lens is equivalent to a 24 -1200mm lens on a 35mm base (SLR) so its got a pretty huge range but at the top end your almost certainly going to have to use a tripod and probably wind the iso levels up too.

[nursejudy]

Ajay

 

a reed bunting whats that doing here !!!!!!!!! with the thrush that makes 4 new birds this last week.......... am i going to stand the excitement, i will never get any housework done...

 

i will get my tripod out --- promise just not sure where it is.

i have only reduced the size to 800 for uploading on here and facebook

 

i did not realise the top end of the zoom was so big...where do i find the iso levels....... going to have to get the manual out but there are about 150/200 pages

also have not found raw

 

i d0o appreciate the help and advice just dim with anything new !!!

[Manxman]

We have an old saying " If all else fails, read the manual" I think it took me about fifty years for the penny to drop Defiantly get the tripod out Judy. I looked at a review for your camera ( http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-powershot-sx50-hs)

 

There is an image in the gallery of a plane taking off camera settings are similar focal length and shutter speed as your thrush photo.

Have you tried setting the camera back to the manufacturers default, in case you have inadvertently altered some settings?

[ayjay]

Ajay

 

a reed bunting whats that doing here !!!!!!!!!

They come into gardens when times are hard (re feeding) as do Redpoll, Siskins, Blackcaps Bullfinch, Brambling and a fair few others.

 

Seed eaters (like Reed Bunting) have eaten all the easy stuff out in the wild by now and they have to wait for a fresh crop of seed to eat, so they come into gardens for freebies if they have any sense.

 

Insect eaters always struggle in cold weather because the insects disappear - many birds die in prolonged spells of cold weather ( whole populations can disappear from an area) they have to eat enough every day to survive - just one poor feeding day and an extra cold night to follow is enough to finish them off.

[nursejudy]

I have taken a few piccys today and not had the auto setting on,i have had different shutter speeds then different apertures and even found the iso level and changed that (Also have seen a Bullfinch )