Thanks to everyone for your responses! Joe...i totally love what you did, and it's been something i've been wanting to do for like a year now. i will definitely take one day and try this with some ducks and see what happens!!! thanks so much!! that too kewl! Erlik, good suggestion about using the manual focus ring. i will definitely try it, but i'm not ready for that yet. i like to take things slow when learning new things. Since this cam is new, i feel a bit overwhelmed with everything to learn with it. i appreciate your suggestion! Carlos, i haven't tried a faster card. definitely something to look into though! thanks!