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by Karl Egressy on Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:29 am

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If somebody would explain to me as to why it happens I would appreciate it.
I thought it was a winter phenomenon especially shooting from the car through the open window.
Now I have the same in warm air.
The Canon 5D Mark IV/Canon 500 f 4.0 L IS II. is in the car.
I get out of the car find the bird and shoot.
The first up to 10-15 images are OOF. and I can't understand why.
Setting is all good.
After that everything is OK but I miss a whole series initially.
Thanks,

Karl.

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by EGrav on Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:13 am

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Prob camera and lens temperature stabilizing. ?

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by Mike in O on Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:19 am

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Maybe excitement of finding quarry and it takes a little while for you to settle down?

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:21 pm

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Thanks, Mike in O and EGrav.
It is all possible but I'm waiting for some "scientific" explanation if there is any.
Heat difference makes sense winter time but now, the temperature is much the same
inside of the house, car and outside.
Thanks Mike only very rare birds excite me, not an Osprey that we have here all over the town.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:53 pm

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I wonder if the IS in your lens is not up to snuff and it is taking it a while to spin up fully...???

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:04 pm

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E.J. Peiker wrote:I wonder if the IS in your lens is not up to snuff and it is taking it a while to spin up fully...???

Thanks E.J.
Sounds like a realistic possibility.
How can I test it?
I would hate to take it to Canon services they are so expensive here in Canada.
Of course if I have to, I will.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:15 pm

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Test it by turning IS off and seeing if the problem goes away in a situation where you have a fast enough shutter speed where lack of IS won't hurt you, say 1/800 or so while mounted on a tripod.

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by Karl Egressy on Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:22 am

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E.J. Peiker wrote:Test it by turning IS off and seeing if the problem goes away in a situation where you have a fast enough shutter speed where lack of IS won't hurt you, say 1/800 or so while mounted on a tripod.

Thanks, E.J.
After thinking about it this morning, I realized that it was a silly question, how to test it, that was.

Thanks for answering.

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by Bruce Sherman on Fri Apr 28, 2017 2:09 pm

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Karl,

Have you tried it with one of your other camera bodies? Would seem that this would help you decide whether it is the lens or the camera body.

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by SantaFeJoe on Fri Apr 28, 2017 2:47 pm

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Maybe a dumb question, since your images are in focus after the first few, but do you have the camera on release priority instead of focus priority?

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by SantaFeJoe on Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:27 am

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What I was referring to above is described in the following link under "Autofocus Menu 2" (AI Servo):

https://photographylife.com/recommended ... -settings/

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by Karl Egressy on Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:43 am

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Bruce Sherman wrote:Karl,

Have you tried it with one of your other camera bodies? Would seem that this would help you decide whether it is the lens or the camera body.

Thanks Bruce,
I have but not lately. I should do it and see.

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by Karl Egressy on Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:49 am

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SantaFeJoe wrote:What I was referring to above is described in the following link under "Autofocus Menu 2" (AI Servo):

https://photographylife.com/recommended ... -settings/

Joe

Thanks for the link, Joe.
I'll check out everything again. I just did but before I read the article.
Now it is time to do some comparison.
I did my setting following Glenn Bartley's ebook instructions with some personal modifications.

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