Canon SX50 Trick: I learned a little trick with the SX50 this spring when trying shoot whales breaching. Guessing when a whale is going to breach is next to impossible even if you know...

Lomax Loc: Florida

I learned a little trick with the SX50 this spring when trying shoot whales breaching. Guessing when a whale is going to breach is next to impossible even if you know where it's going to breach. All my high speed bursts were too late and caught the whales submerging. I finally put my SX50 into HD movie mode and caught the action that way. To my surprise Canon's imagebrowser software can pull still frames from movies in the edit mode. They are not the quality of still shots but will do in a pinch when capturing the action is your priority and you can't guess when the action will start or stop. Below are some examples I took of a hawk bathing at 50 yards, full optical, hand held and overcast. I could have shot these in single shot but wanted to provide some examples of movie stills. A good use would be capturing birds in flight.

Movie Still 1

Movie Still 2

Movie Still 3

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good thinking and nice work.

ggttc Loc: TN

will have to try that....looks interesting.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I used your technique to capture my brother shooting an antique rifle. Between trigger pull and finish were seven frames. I put them in a video I made about the gun: http://vimeo.com/36973087

I've also used it for getting photos of my granddaughter playing softball.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I used your technique to capture my brother shooting an antique rifle. Between trigger pull and finish were seven frames. I put them in a video I made about the gun: http://vimeo.com/36973087

I've also used it for getting photos of my granddaughter playing softball.

fosgood11 Loc: oil city, La.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Lomax Loc: Florida

bsprague wrote:

I used your technique to capture my brother shooting an antique rifle. Between trigger pull and finish were seven frames. I put them in a video I made about the gun: http://vimeo.com/36973087

I've also used it for getting photos of my granddaughter playing softball.

I watched your video and stills, very cool integration of both.

GWR100 Loc: England

What a great bit of cheating Lomax??? only kidding, great set.

Lomax wrote:

I learned a little trick with the SX50 this spring... (show quote)

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

There is no end to the delight this camera brings!!

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

Very nice. I gotta try this.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Very nice samples!! Thank you!

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

bsprague wrote:

I used your technique to capture my brother shooting an antique rifle. Between trigger pull and finish were seven frames. I put them in a video I made about the gun: http://vimeo.com/36973087

I've also used it for getting photos of my granddaughter playing softball.

I like the "Sports Action" setting for this also.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Thanks heaps. Great stuff. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Lomax Loc: Florida

Linda From Maine wrote:

There is no end to the delight this camera brings!!

I agree lets all try to share what we shoot and how we shoot it with the SX50.

djb47 Loc: Lenoir, NC

Excellent tip Lomax. Thanks for sharing.

Don