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I got lots accomplished on Wednesday but still had time for a good swim, my core exercises, and an ice bath before dinner. This blog post, the 112th in a row, took about 1 1\/4 hours to prepare. It was published at 4am on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

6:18am Update<\/h3>\n

I awoke just before 5am to discover a first. Due to a snafu, most of this post had mysteriously disappeared… At first it seemed that I would need to start from scratch but by hitting the back button I was able to get to a preview view. From that I was able to recreate the post in about 20 minutes. Whew! Starting over would have required at least an hour’s additional work. <\/p>\n

St. Augustine Alligator Farm Short-Notice Spoonbill and Wading Bird Chicks IPT: May 4-6, 2015. TWO FULL and TWO 1\/2 DAYS: $1099. Limit 8\/Openings 5.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Enjoy practically private instruction. Please call the office at 863-692-0906 for St. Augustine IPT Late Registration Discount info. For complete details see the blog post here and scroll down.<\/p>\n


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Canon\u2019s Huge Megapixel Bodies<\/h3>\n

Many of you have read about the two new Canon 50+ megapixel bodies, the Canon EOS 5DS DSLR and the Canon EOS 5DS R DSLR. The two cameras look, sound, and pretty much are quite similar. I have withheld commenting until now because I did not have a good\u2013heck, I did not have any\u2013understanding of the single difference between the two bodies, that being the Low-Pass Filter Effect Cancellation.<\/p>\n

If you missed the hugely popular \u201cCanon\u2019s Two New 50+ Megapixel Camera Bodies\/You Must Read This Before You Buy,\u201d you can click here to catch up and learn a ton to boot.<\/p>\n

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This image was created on the afternoon of Day 1 of the Fort DeSoto IPT while seated with the hand held hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 2X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 400: 1\/2000 sec. at f\/8 is the standard bright WHITEs in full sun exposure. Manual mode. AWB.<\/p>\n

Two AF points to the left and one row above the center AF Point\/AI Servo Expand\/Shutter Button AF (on the crease of the gape as originally framed) was active at the moment of exposure. Learn everything there is to know about the 1D X and 5D III AF systems including how to manage the various AF Area Selection Modes, when to use which one, and several ways to move the AF sensor around in my 1D X AF Guide and the 5D Mark III User\u2019s Guide. Click on the image to see a larger version..<\/p>\n

Image #1: Laughing Gull\/head portrait<\/strong><\/h3>\n