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cpe1991 wrote:
Thanks Dave for such a helpful reply. Regarding Sony, it encapsulates the signals that come out of the Sony forums if you struggle to find them. I’m happy with the ergonomics of the 90D and I really like the liveview, but I feel there is room for improvement with the DSLR AF. So, how do you find the AF for birds in flight in absolute terms and relative to Sony - you are in a fairly unique position to compare.
Birds in flight are kind of tough to find in Minnesota during the winter months, when it's -10F. (tomorrow)
The only birds flying are eagles, swans, and some ducks that winter in parks that have spring fed water or flowing rivers.
So my chances of really trying the BIF thing probably isn't real good.
The eagle shots that I have put up are of two trips that one eagle has made, 10 minutes apart.
The conditions where not good that day from heat waves affecting the shots. (there was water between me and the bird, I had
trouble just shooting a standing bird through the waves)
I think it will do ok, but ... Canon is up to their old tricks again and taking a function away that I had on my 80D.
There was a button that you could just to toggle through the different focus areas. (spot, wide, zone, etc)
On the M6II, you can set a button to bring up the menu, then you need to turn a dial to get to what you what, instead of just pressing
it more times to get to the area that you need.
That was my favorite function of the 80D, The fact that I could be using spot focus for a bird sitting in a tree, and
with the push of one button, change it up for flight shots.
The other thing is the buffer. At 14 frames per second, if action starts to happen, you can fill the buffer pretty quick.
Even if you do a bunch of short bursts, you may still run out of room. (but, I shoot like a crazy person when I do flight shots)
I tried the raw burst thing. It's sounds like a great Idea, and it is. It' just not implemented very well.
If you do a burst, and want to pull a shot from it, do it right away. The camera saves the shot at the end of all the shots you've taken to that point.
So if you extract one right away, no problem. But if you wait, take a hundred more shots, then go back to pull a file, the camera thinks you just took a photo
and sends you to the end of the image line. No problem if you only wanted one photo from the set, but what if you wanted 2 or more,
Then you have to scroll back, open up the set again, find the next shot yo want to extract, save it, then repeat for more.
Now like I say, I've only used this camera a couple of times, and there may be things I'm missing that may make those of my complaints go away.
Time will tell.
If I figure anything out, I'll let you folks know.
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I've found my 100-400 with possibly 1.4x sufficient for my travel needs but can understand other's needs for more reach/performance.
