Curious about your settings?

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Hey guys. Curious about the settings you use MOST of the time for shooting wildlife. Can you post your settings and maybe the type of animals?

Birds
-RAW
-I customized my AF to only have single point or zone AF for faster switching
-Spot or Evaluative metering (depending on lighting)
-Auto White Balance
-AI Servo with back button focus
-High speed continuous
-Auto ISO
I think that's about it. I set up a custom shooting menu on C1 as well.

Edit: I as well shoot with the exposure comp on the set button and use the shutter adjust wheel to move it. Manual exposure mode and I have metering on the shutter button.

 

[zombiesniper]

All wildlife
-RAW
-I use single point if the background is cluttered or all AF points for clear backgrounds like a blue sky. If I'm searching and don't currently have a subject I'm in all AF points.
-Manual
-Spot metering
-White Balance according to conditions
-AI Servo
-High speed continuous
-Auto ISO
Edit
-Exposure Comp on the Set+Shutter adjust.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

mostly birds but some animals
-Raw
-one point AF
-spot metering
-i set the white balance
-Ai servo not using back button focus
-Continuous
-auto iso
-and it is in manual exposure
and the camera is a Cannon T5i

 

[jamesparker1250]

Mostly birds shutter priorities. F 6.5 unless light permit me to then Manuel F 8 shutter speed 640 tripod handheld at least 800 bird in flight 1600 unless light permit me to then 2000 spot metering. Auto ISO. White balance Auto. And I use a Nikon D7200 and a Sigma 150-600

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[birdbonkers84]

All Wildlife,

- RAW
- Auto ISO
- 1/2000 Shutter Speed, although I could go to 1/1000 for stationary subjects.
- Aperture 6.3-8, normally 8.
- Aperture Priority mode.
- Auto WB
- Matrix Metering (should probably try out spot metering)
- Back button focusing using continuous focus.
- My D7100 is set to High Burst Mode.

 

[BrentC]

For stills

-raw + jpg
- Aperture Priority
- Auto ISO (minimum shutter speed set to 1/250, I'll set it up to 1/1000 depending how twitchy the subject is but.)
- Auto WB
- ESP metering (Matrix)
- S-AF with back button focus (I prefer to use S-AF more than I do C-AF for stills.)
- C-AF without back button focus
- single point AF

For action/bifs

-raw + jpg
- Aperture Priority
- Auto ISO (minimum shutter speed set to 1/1250 for large birds and 1/2500 for small birds)
- Auto WB
- Centre weighted metering
- C-AF without back button focus
- single point AF, 9-point or all points depending on situation

 

[beagle100]

Hey guys. Curious about the settings you use MOST of the time for shooting wildlife. Can you post your settings and maybe the type of animals?

Birds
-RAW
-I customized my AF to only have single point or zone AF for faster switching
-Spot or Evaluative metering (depending on lighting)
-Auto White Balance
-AI Servo with back button focus
-High speed continuous
-Auto ISO
I think that's about it. I set up a custom shooting menu on C1 as well.

Edit: I as well shoot with the exposure comp on the set button and use the shutter adjust wheel to move it. Manual exposure mode and I have metering on the shutter button.

that's what I use
(if I remember to move the settings)

 

[squirl033]

Wildlife in general, but mostly birds
Mostly Tv mode, shutter speed selected to match requirements; occasionally Manual
ISO as needed
Exposure comp as needed using "command" wheel
WB usually custom @ 5600K, occasionally "cloudy" or rarely Auto
Evaluative metering, occasionally partial, rarely spot
Center or center spot AF, occasionally expanded center. Rarely all-points if subject is on a clear, empty background like blue sky
AI Servo
High-speed continuous, 10fps
95% from tripod