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thesun · 03-31-2023

I've recently discovered that four digits just isn't enough for me to have easily definable photos, so if I have "2V2A7193.JPG" there's a good chance another identically named file is hanging around within a month or two. I'd love to ditch the 2V2A ...

thesun · 07-04-2020

I have been trying for weeks now to get good video footage of some Piping Plover chicks and their parents on a rock-strewn beach. These birds are beautifully camoflauged and if the Canon 7D Mark II were a predator it would have starved long ago -- t...

thesun · 03-31-2023

Thanks, this is what I was looking for. Seems arbitrary and silly to have identically named images in a single photoshoot, but that's a different issue. Seems 9999 is the best one can do at the current time. (And yes, there are file renaming tools...

thesun · 03-31-2023

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm running Linux, this tool doesn't work for me, but more importantly, I'd like the camera to have more than 4 usable digits in the name. That's the real question. If it only goes to an effective 9999 before switching...

thesun · 03-31-2023

My suggestion would be to have the DSLR, whatever you get, for the long distance bird shots and then use your phone for the people pics. Get an R7 (or if you want cheaper, go for a 7DmII, which I have, which has excellent weatherproofing), and get a ...

thesun · 07-08-2020

Ghastly basic question, but if I want to stop down the video and make the aperture smaller to increase depth of field, am I best off using the Av option? Or should I use P? Or is there a better way to do this when shooting video? If I set the Av w...

thesun · 07-05-2020

Thank you again for taking the time to offer suggestions and help. I had suspected that the AF techniques I've been familiar with for still photos were not working when I'm doing video. I had not known that I COULD shoot video through the viewfinde...

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