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Subject: [Leica] Bird Eye AF
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:44:45 -0500
References: <873359120.5089.1618112131613@wamui-napoleon.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

I admire how natural it looks.? Great setup!

On 4/10/21 10:35 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG wrote:
> Yes these are using my backward blind.  Ordinarily I mow all the grasses 
> down to a minimum level for flammable vegetation control but I 
> deliberately allowed the grasses to grow in a little patch behind the 
> birdbath to get some greenery in the background.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Sent: Apr 10, 2021 8:21 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bird Eye AF
>>
>> Sure works for those shots.? Backyard blind?? I especially like the
>> second one.
>>
>> On 4/10/21 10:09 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG 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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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



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