Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday morning I took the a1 & 600 GM to a nearby floodplain & found a spot with a couple of semi-cooperative birds, a Bewick's Wren and a Bushtit. These are both very small birds, denizens of dense brush and practically the definition of hyperactive. A good test of bird eye AF. http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew16.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew17.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/troglodytidae/thryomanes/bewickii/thrbew19.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin10.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin11.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/aegithalidae/psaltriparus/minimus/psamin12.html Even when the bird was partly obscured by leaves & twigs and in deep shadow the camera had little trouble locking onto the bird and as long as the eye wasn't obscured it locked onto the eye. Distant birds occupying a very small part of the image area were likewise no problem. The AF locked onto the bird's head, if not the eye. The Bird Eye AF's response: "nice warmup, but is that all you've got?" Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com