Camera settings for Macro

Coming from bird photography the setting I am used to are:
RAW, Manual Metering, AI Servo Mode, High burst and shooting wide open at high shutter speeds, centre focus point.
Where do I start with macro - What are the general settings? I have a 40D + Canon 100/2.8 macro lens, Thanks

Hmm, 30 views and no one with any advise on the settings. Maybe I should ask the questions in small parts.
Is hand holding is there any merit in shooting in high burst mode to increase the chances of one of the shots nailing the focus?

For natural light shooting, single shot, Av or Tv modes, try to keep the shutter speed around 1/200th or higher for handheld shooting and the aperture F6.3 or higher via ISO adjustment. I tend to shoot -.66 EC for natural light to prevent blowouts and adjust if necessary during RAW processing.

More normal perhaps is use of flash with camera in manual mode, F11, 1/200th ISO 100 ETTL flash (diffused)

Both methods are usually used with MF rather than AF unless shooting at rather less than 1:1

Can only say I've never used burst mode in macro shooting - you really need to get used to single shot MF use.

Brian V.

Thanks for that Brian, it gives me somewhere to start.
Which metering mode would you suggest?

Roy C wrote in post #8237382
Thanks for that Brian, it gives me somewhere to start.
Which metering mode would you suggest?

Fraid i always use evaluative and get used to using EC for natural light shots or FEC for flash shots or both for fill flash shots.

Brian V.

Roy C,
The best setting is what you feel most comfortable with

I personally for macro use this setting as my starting point: Camera in M, Spot metering, AF off, if using flash depending on the subject set flash to manual or set to evaluative or average, set camera white balance to flash or daylight, lens at f/8 - f/11 and shutter at 1/200th - 1/250th (depending on camera).

This is great advice for a newbie like myself. Thanks for the pointers.