Hi Steve, It is good to hear from you after 2+ decades. As note here on the blog almost daily for two years, the a1 group is free only to those who made their B&H purchases using my B&H affiliate link. I checked my account and unfortunately for me and for you, you did not use my link. With all due respect to Mr. Perry, using Manual + Auto-ISO for birds and birds in flight is patently ridiculous (as noted here in a recent blog post). What do you do when the background changes from light to dark?

Ah, in the early 2000s Bosque was still wondrous — it took them several years to ruin the place even thought they tried hard from the very beginning.

My best advice would be to call Jim tomorrow and purchase an a1 group membership. I can have the e-mails to you tomorrow. Why own a $7,000 camera and not have it set up to perform efficiently?

I hope to see you on a DeSoto IPT this spring.

with love, artie