phishbone wrote:
I find using the "set" button on the lens handy to tweak that distance setting, but that variable is highly environment dependent . I also keep the lens in full-time DMF just in case..
I may end up giving DMF a shot. There hasn't been a use case where I've needed DMF for waterfowl, raptors or shorebirds. But these warblers are a whole different ballgame. In a lot of ways I think some of these warbler species (excluding the common ones that are people friendly) are just about the toughest birds to capture in good light and good backgrounds. They just don't stay still and branches are a constant challenge. The AF not immediately finding them definitely causes frustration and at 840mm it's compounded.
Yeah, I use the set button and function ring to recall to a preset AF distance. If I have no other use for it (IE I'm not stalking a nest and resetting to that), I just point at the ground or a nearby tree and set to that so I can pop the function ring and come back to near MFD if anything gets wonky with the AF. I am also a heavy user of the focus limiter switch as it makes a huge difference in acquisition speed.
phishbone wrote:
I find using the "set" button on the lens handy to tweak that distance setting, but that variable is highly environment dependent . I also keep the lens in full-time DMF just in case..
buffalowolff wrote:
Yeah, I use the set button and function ring to recall to a preset AF distance. If I have no other use for it (IE I'm not stalking a nest and resetting to that), I just point at the ground or a nearby tree and set to that so I can pop the function ring and come back to near MFD if anything gets wonky with the AF. I am also a heavy user of the focus limiter switch as it makes a huge difference in acquisition speed.
I have set the lens in full-time DMF since day one and I am changing/adjusting the focus limiter on a regular basis. But I haven’t used the set button to program in a pre-determined AF distance and used the ring twist to recall that setting. I will look into that this weekend. Thanks!
To a certain degree that function sounds similar to what Cliff @molson referred to above in some Panasonic camera (s), I believe.
Daran wrote:
Nice. But. Somehow the sizes don't match, the last bird is much bigger. Or is that deliberate an they are supposed to grow while descending?
I noticed the same thing when I was putting it together, so I lined all the heads up and they are the same size, I guess its just a combination of the angle of the bird to me as I tracked it downwards, and the bird extending as it reaches for the water.
If, by chance, you plan on coming to Switzerland, I highly recommend the Gemmi-Pass near Leukerbad. There's quite a comfy and inexpensive lodge on top of the Gemmi-Pass and it's only around 10min from where you wait for the bearded vulture! Been there many times
twodees wrote:
Nice, one on my list to do, maybe even this year.
Yanikku wrote:
If, by chance, you plan on coming to Switzerland, I highly recommend the Gemmi-Pass near Leukerbad. There's quite a comfy and inexpensive lodge on top of the Gemmi-Pass and it's only around 10min from where you wait for the bearded vulture! Been there many times.
