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Damselfly Party 0044
Damselfly Party 0044

Went out today to "adjust" the SX40 and try to get rid of the shutter lag. Briefly, the first thing I did was change anything set to "Auto" to "Off." That's about 10 things, but I figured common sense was in order, so I used what I had and turned off "Three-second view of photo just taken" if only it was described as such. Sure enough, that was the difference. While I was at it, for the first time ever, I set the +/- to -2.4. Just a guess. Then reset to -1.5 and bingo, that's the change I needed. Remember, some of these setting go back at least five years, and they do not match the SX50.

Btw, the card slot on the 40 is smaller than on the 50, and none of the SDHC minis will fit. (Later) I found a smaller micro SDHC adapter and tried a 128 GB disc. I *think* that that was a much faster transfer than SDHC 16 GB disc.

I was in "my" part of the pond, took 79 shots at various settings, and came out with four pretty good images, good enough to post. One was of a previously unknown damselfly ... unknown to me (Pacific Forktail).

What you see in the image posted above is of a damselfly party. There are two Vivid Dancers mating, center left. And two onlookers, far left and right that are Blue-ringed Dancers. I thought about cropping out the Dancer on the right, but I composed this in the viewfinder and thought it was fine the way I intended. So, here you have my efforts for the day. I amaze myself at how close I'm able to get and get the focus and exposure pretty much the way I wanted. So...set exposure, bend, hold your breath, focus, and shoot. Repeat.

If I say, "Disregard the feather," will you disregard the feather?

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Taken on: July 31, 2019
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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, f/5.8, 1/800 sec, 150.5mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX40 HS
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length: 150.5mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: ACDSee Pro 6
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