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    Default Bumble bee sp.

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    Taken in the back garden using my go to 600mm macro lens, this is one of a series I got using Procapture Low - this maintains focus.
    Olympus : E-M1X
    Lens : M.40-150mm F2.8 + MC-20
    Lens focal length : 300 mm
    Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 601.0mm
    Metering mode : Pattern
    Exposure mode : Manual exposure
    ISO Sensitivity : 1250
    Exposure compensation : +0.3 EV
    Shutter speed : 1/2000 sec
    Aperture : F6.3
    Flash : OFF

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    Great capture Jonathan, with sharpness on the head of the Bee. I also like the composition with the contrasting colours of the flowers. Background works nice too. What is "Procature Low?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Burdett View Post
    Great capture Jonathan, with sharpness on the head of the Bee. I also like the composition with the contrasting colours of the flowers. Background works nice too. What is "Procature Low?
    It is a setting on Olympus, completely configurable to your own spec. Say for example I decided to record 35 images, I activate by partial depress of the shutter, when I think the action has peaked I fully depress, then the camera stops after I had predetermined how many images were captured after final press. SO if I decided on 35 I would tell the camera to keep 25 images before full press and 10 after. The camera retains focus capability, in Procapture Low which is up to 18fps, Procapture High is 60fps and manual focus (that is what I have been using in Avian Forum), it is just magic! As I said totally configurable up to 999 images, I use silent shutter so there is no wear and tear on the camera at all..... just batteries, the camera loves them!! I think Panasonic has similar, as I understand it this feature is from movie cameras.

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    Thanks Jonathan...seems like a great thing to have.

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    Nice one Jon, glad to see you got inspired. Curious, when you select your frames from the burst, how does it affect the shutter count, where are you currently 20k?

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    Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Nice one Jon, glad to see you got inspired. Curious, when you select your frames from the burst, how does it affect the shutter count, where are you currently 20k?

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    The shutter count is not affected, I use electronic as opposed to mechanical. If I had been using mechanical it would have been sky high by now.

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    Nailed this one. Not much to critique here.

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