Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, you certainly proved it works.? I love the third one, apparently speaking to the world. On 4/21/21 8:57 AM, Douglas Herr via LUG wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA