p.59 #2 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
A robin in Lackford Lakes. I actually held the shutter while the bird took off but surprisingly the A9's AF didn't pick it up at all. Was using tracking spot L, would a smaller spot have made the difference?
What the heck on going on in this bokeh, is that heat distortion? I've seen an effect somewhat like this on my 100-400 at 400 but never to this degree.
p.59 #4 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
RoamingScott wrote:
What the heck on going on in this bokeh, is that heat distortion? I've seen an effect somewhat like this on my 100-400 at 400 but never to this degree.
Mostly the atmosphere I believe. It's very common to get this at Point Reyes.
p.59 #5 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
LS_Ren wrote:
A robin in Lackford Lakes. I actually held the shutter while the bird took off but surprisingly the A9's AF didn't pick it up at all. Was using tracking spot L, would a smaller spot have made the difference?
Best bet for fast moving birds or flyers is Zone Focus or Wide . I prefer zone focus to Wide for general purposes. Tracking spot works for slower moving object but not very good for birds.
I have my A92 setup with zone focus as the default and use the lens button to switch to expand flexible spot for stills such as birds in trees.
p.59 #7 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
sparadise wrote:
Best bet for fast moving birds or flyers is Zone Focus or Wide . I prefer zone focus to Wide for general purposes. Tracking spot works for slower moving object but not very good for birds.
I have my A92 setup with zone focus as the default and use the lens button to switch to expand flexible spot for stills such as birds in trees.
p.59 #8 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
Bryan Crowe wrote:
That first Humming Bird is one of the most interesting hummer shots I have seen. Well done !
Thank you. I bought that plant at the end of the season because it had the the one bloom getting ready to happen. I got several days of shooting out of it. I will plant in the landscape in early spring.
p.59 #9 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
armd wrote:
Zone tracking or just zone? Pretty sure in zone AF the camera tracks whatever appears in the viewfinder. Don't think you have to set it to tracking
There are two different modes...Zone and Zone:Tracking. Also Wide and Wide:Tracking FWIW. They do not behave the same in my testing. I found Zone and Wide (non-tracking) do better at just prioritizing movement and ignoring complications in the background like foliage and rippled water. The Tracking variants can do some amazing things but can also lock on a background element and then just track that ruining the entire sequence. I use both modes for different scenarios.
Shooting swallows over rippled water, the non-tracking Zone and Wide did much better than the Tracking ones. Shooting swallows over an even green water (pond-scum) did well with Tracking variant (although it did well with non-tracking also). Tracking a bird from a very clean background (sky) down to a complicated background (distant twigs) works better in the Tracking variants from what I've seen.
But you are correct that even in the non-tracking variants the Zone and Wide do track the subject but I do feel it is more based on movement than whatever recognition algorithms are baked into Real-Time Tracking. Before FW 5.0 update the predecessor to Real-Time Tracking (Lock-On AF) on the A9 was next to useless. But FW 5.0 didn't really change the behaviour of the non-tracking Zone and Wide. Those modes have been the A9's standout since it was released and Real-Time Tracking in FW 5.0 just added another exceptional option to the AF modes.
