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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 557169" data-attributes="member: 24285">I shoot in burst mode - more of a machine gun style hunter rather than a sniper rattling off shots as fast as my D610 and it's buffer will handle.&nbsp; I don't consider &quot;keeper rate&quot; as so many of my shots seem identical I just pick out a few (dozen) and work with them to get some I like. &nbsp;I went back just to see what kind of 'keeper rate' I'm getting.&nbsp; About one in ten were use-able (and these tended to come in groups - e.g. pictures 9,10,11, of a burst of 30 may be OK).&nbsp; No idea if this is what people mean by &quot;keeper rate&quot;.&nbsp; If they mean the number of images that make the hard drive vs the number on the SD card, then I counted 1253 shots at the lake on the card where these were done and 117 kept on my harddrive = 9% keeper rate?&nbsp; As for BIF - I hear you.&nbsp; Practice does help a lot.&nbsp; I hit a few that I'm surprisingly happy with.&nbsp; When I get home it is like a kid getting to open that brown grab bag at the five and dime.&nbsp; You never know what you've got till you look.&nbsp; Been toying with the idea of getting a Kenko 1.4 TC.&nbsp; I know I know, &quot;get the Nikon&quot; but it is so much more expensive and I've seen some people showing great shots with the Kenko and the 200-500.&nbsp; Of course on a dull day like yesterday probably 'sub-optimal'.&nbsp; Still it is tempting to get that extra reach.&nbsp; [ATTACH]211897[/ATTACH]Full size[ATTACH]211898[/ATTACH]Cropped and processed (ok over processed) it is quite a crop but I've cropped this much before and been OK with the image[ATTACH]211899[/ATTACH]This Goose was shot the day before.&nbsp; The Goose was closer (not sure by how much), but it was a sunny day.&nbsp; And the winds were not blowing the smoke in our face.&nbsp; I wonder how much affect smoke in the air has.&nbsp; The Health Authority had issued a &quot;stay inside if you have breathing difficulties&quot; and it was intense.&nbsp; [ATTACH]211900[/ATTACH]Now that I know where the hawks are I will go back the next sunny, smoke free day and see what I get.&nbsp; It is our Queen Victoria Long Weekend here - the weekend when the campsites finally open and every one heads out in their tent and of course the weatherman lines up three solid days of rain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 557169, member: 24285"] I shoot in burst mode - more of a machine gun style hunter rather than a sniper rattling off shots as fast as my D610 and it's buffer will handle. I don't consider "keeper rate" as so many of my shots seem identical I just pick out a few (dozen) and work with them to get some I like. I went back just to see what kind of 'keeper rate' I'm getting. About one in ten were use-able (and these tended to come in groups - e.g. pictures 9,10,11, of a burst of 30 may be OK). No idea if this is what people mean by "keeper rate". If they mean the number of images that make the hard drive vs the number on the SD card, then I counted 1253 shots at the lake on the card where these were done and 117 kept on my harddrive = 9% keeper rate? As for BIF - I hear you. Practice does help a lot. I hit a few that I'm surprisingly happy with. When I get home it is like a kid getting to open that brown grab bag at the five and dime. You never know what you've got till you look. Been toying with the idea of getting a Kenko 1.4 TC. I know I know, "get the Nikon" but it is so much more expensive and I've seen some people showing great shots with the Kenko and the 200-500. Of course on a dull day like yesterday probably 'sub-optimal'. Still it is tempting to get that extra reach. [ATTACH=CONFIG]211897._xfImport[/ATTACH] Full size [ATTACH=CONFIG]211898._xfImport[/ATTACH] Cropped and processed (ok over processed) it is quite a crop but I've cropped this much before and been OK with the image [ATTACH=CONFIG]211899._xfImport[/ATTACH] This Goose was shot the day before. The Goose was closer (not sure by how much), but it was a sunny day. And the winds were not blowing the smoke in our face. I wonder how much affect smoke in the air has. The Health Authority had issued a "stay inside if you have breathing difficulties" and it was intense. [ATTACH=CONFIG]211900._xfImport[/ATTACH] Now that I know where the hawks are I will go back the next sunny, smoke free day and see what I get. It is our Queen Victoria Long Weekend here - the weekend when the campsites finally open and every one heads out in their tent and of course the weatherman lines up three solid days of rain. [/QUOTE]

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