Makes sense: very difficult shots (congrats!) not only for you - AF (especially at high fps!) struggles too... But I'm sure you perfectly know that!
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BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here
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A Tri-colored Heron rescuing a fish.
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : 1000
Wood Duck drake flying up to meet a potential mate.
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : 1600
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : 1000
Wood Duck drake flying up to meet a potential mate.
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : 1600
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I'm surprised to hear of your inverse relationship between keeper rate and fps. That's not my experience at all. At that shutter speed subject blur shouldn't be an issue and I find that combination of camera and lens (R5MkII + RF200-800mm) to be rock solid when it comes to image stabilization and focus.
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Beautiful photo of the drake. Perfect wing position.A Tri-colored Heron rescuing a fish.
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : 1000
Wood Duck drake flying up to meet a potential mate.
R5 MK II RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : 1600
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In 1 second of shooting I often get 30 very good similar shots but I bin 29 as I don’t keep duplicates. So, that’s a keeper rate of 1/30. On my old 5DSR I would have taken only 5 shots during that time and had a keeper rate of 1/5. I did say in my reply to you:
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We need to use the appropriate unit of measure to match the event. For example, 40yd dash: Usain Bolt = seconds, me = calendar.
With such high fps, keeper rate should be expressed as keepers/trip. I am always happy if I get any keepers per trip. Not only do I not keep duplicates I don't even keep anything less than 4. Kind of a minimalist approach.
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Yep. I tend to keep just one shot, with an occasional back-up spare if it's important. When I missed the Bittern last week, the guy next to me in the hide had 1700 shots of it to go through and cull. It's a common problem and there is plenty of discussion here on what to use for rapid culling. I recall @neuroanatomist and @usern4cr recommending FastRawViewer. DxO PL is fast eenough on my computer and I make do with that for previewing for culling.
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How many countries and continents have you been to in the last year? Obviously well worth the travelling!
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DxO PL renders RAWs plenty fast on my computer as well (16” M4 Pro MBP). I just find it kludgy for triage. For example, quickly zooming to 100% is Command-1, zooming back out is Command-0 (opposite side of the keyboard), while In FastRawViewer, the ‘z’ toggles to 100% and back. Selection tools in FastRawViewer are also much better (there’s a bit of a learning curve, but worth it IMO).
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