Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] Bird Eye AF
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:16:34 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

No idea.  These photos were with the 100-400GM.  This and the 600GM are the 
only AF lenses available to me.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Apr 10, 2021 8:13 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Cc: RicCarter <cartersxrd at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Bird Eye AF
>
>any guess on how it will work with the slower lenses? like my 200-600 
>instead of your 600?
>
>ric
>
>
>
>> On Apr 10, 2021, at 11:09 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>> 
>> For those of you who have been following some of the recent developments 
>> in mirrorless cameras, I can report that the Sony alpha 1's bird eye AF 
>> (BEAF) works quite well.  Warblers are among the jumpiest of birds and 
>> the camera's BEAF had very little trouble keeping the focus on the bird's 
>> eye, even when the bird was partially obscured by foreground foliage.  
>> The only problems it had were when the bird took and extended bath with 
>> much splashing.
>> 
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/coronata/setcor27.html
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/parulidae/setophaga/coronata/setcor28.html
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> 
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