Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Technology with great skill and understanding of the birds behavior creates fabulous images. Not a slam or even envy, but it is amazing what roughly 20k will do for someone as skilled as you are. Can you imagine going back to your beloved 280 APO? On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 8:57 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 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 >