Today I took it out to see how well it would cope with flying bee-eaters against a busy background! As it turned out, this was being a tad ambitious, as the AF couldn't cope any better with the challenge than my 40D, so I ended up resorting to manually focusing! The 8.3 frames per second was fun, but meant I soon started filling up my CF card! Here are some of the better efforts.
All the bee-eaters today were Blue-throated apart from this solitary Chestnut-headed!
I got a few fortuitous shots of a fly-by Emerald Dove. They weren't particularly sharp, but it's not often you get chance to photograph an Emerald Dove in flight, in good light, and a bright adult male into the bargain! At least you can see the curious double-banded rump pattern.
Early days with the camera. I know from past experience that it will take a few months' use before I start getting the best out of it. In the meantime I think I'll need to do some arm exercises - I certainly felt the extra weight today!
8 comments:
Nice sharp shots! :)
With a cluttered background the single centre point is the best bet, I think.
But it's still difficult. Very well done with the manual focussing !
Thanks Erwin and John
So John, what would you use with less cluttered background - Custom function 17.2?
Dave
Just wondering why 45 focal points would be an advantage? I only use one, especially on a flying object.
Yes, I was going to come to those
45 focal points. Unlikely we will
have a small bird flying from one
to another of the 45 focal points.
Maybe anything from 10-20 should
be enough. Could it be just a Sales gimmick by Canon (or Nikon)??
Having so many may slow down your
focusing speed?
Choo Eng.
For fuller and more knowledgeable answers than I can give, see http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t28931.html
Very skillful with manual focusing! Great shots.
Great BIF shots esp the Bee-eaters......
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