Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a chance to give the alpha 1's bird eye AF a real-world workout today, using both the 100-400 GM and 600 GM. My conclusion, Cliff's Notes version: Not perfect but clearly a game-changer. Whether the keepers are any better or not is TBD but the keeper rate is dramatically higher; this plus the high frame rate means I have a LOT to choose from. Photos to follow. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Apr 11, 2021 2:00 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Cc: Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Bird Eye AF > >I appreciate it when marketing hype isn't. Next up will be your 600 with >it's steeper focus curve and whether the software/hardware works together. >I suspect so as sports photographers have the budgets for that lens and >need the focus accuracy so working properly drives sales downstream. >Downstream would be the 100-400 which is largely affordable. Birders have >been paying up for superior binoculars forever; I had a nice chat with a >birder at Ink Lake and he was sporting a very well worn pair of Zeiss 8x56 . > >On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:09 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >-- >Don >don.dory at gmail.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information