Please share your preferred settings for photographing birds with your Canon SX740. Trying to decide if I should keep the camera. Many thanks!

You might ask @ececc , apparently they use the same camera . The DPreview forum board has a discussion about this camera and bird photography . Just Birding recommends this camera and has some good general bird photography settings advice. I don’t know this specific camera, but I do a lot of wildlif…

Which birds? Where? Under what conditions? Sun, rain, dawn dusk? night? What is the purpose of your photos, to upload to iNaturalist, for your own blog, social media, wildlife media? There are well over 10,000 different species of birds on this planet, occurring in an enormous variety of habitat…

Another bit of information that may help… what is it about the photos you’ve taken that you’re unhappy about? I have the Canon SX70HS and sometimes get soft looking photos. Not really out of focus but just not crisp. I found 2 things that help most. Don’t use the most zoomed setting, I back off t…

Thanks for the prompt replies. My primary use will be to upload photos to inaturalist/ebird to identify birds seen at my feeder or during hikes/walks. i have a sony p950 as my main camera.

If you are trying to photograph in flight, I would do no less than 1/2500 shutter speed. If you are really zooming in, it will help to stableise your camera, either hold it against a tree, or even use a hiking pole to help support it kinda like a monopod will help. That’s my general tips…hope it h…

Hi, I can confirm I’m still using that canon camera model. I use 2 modes: “P” manual (M) with auto ISO Other settings are center spot focus, “high” multi shot mode (it does something like 3 fps bursts, but the buffer can take many shots before the camera has to stop). Autofocus set to continuous…

Mille grazie Enrico - this is exactly the info I was looking for. My wife and I took a day trip from Venezia to Padova 5+ years ago and visited the basilica. Wish me luck with this new camera - thanks again.

Good luck! Of course there will always be a better camera you can buy, but as long as you’re happy with the results, there is no need to upgrade

Best settings for Canon SX740 to photo birds

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Best settings for Canon SX740 to photo birds

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