telyt wrote:
Many of the birds care a lot. One click and they're gone and I've wasted an hour of the day's best light waiting in silence for the bird to come close. The electronic shutter with fast readout is a very big deal for me.
For the small birds in my back yard, what they really seem to care about is the colour of the lenses - the slightest movement with a big white telephoto (Canon or Sony) scares them off, when they completely ignore the black lenses from Fuji, Olympus, or Nikon.
Harriers have extremely good hearing and will veer off away from photographer(s) on migration - had seen that too often in Thailand in my many years there
Eastern Marsh Harrier (juvenile)/Thailand in late September 2013
multibit wrote:
Main reason I got the Sony A9ii and now A1, birds like Barn Owls hunt by sound so they hated the noise of the D850 even when set to Qc , soon as they hear it they bugger off barn owi
Most Barn Owls like to hunt in early morning and late evening sun light.
Birds are spooked more by movement than by colors. Anyone that dresses in a Ghillie camo suit to photograph birds and thinks birds can't see them is mistaken. Most can see the person's eyes moving, in addition to that big glass element on the front of the lens.
I have the same issue with the EVF and it’s caused me to miss many critical shots , I’ve fitted lightdim tape and extended eyecup , it’s not totally cured the problem but has reduced it .It will have to do until Sony hopefully do a fix with fw updates
stop wrote:
Well if that works for your a1, great for you., mine has major issues with the sun at my back. I find it very frustrating to say the least.
Yeah no way is the R5 any faster at acquiring focus. No way . The A1 has 4x the readout speed and proven superior tracking and focus aquisition, lock. Why would someone like Mark Smith say it's easily the best camera he has ever used? Mark knows his stuff...there is no denying it. And furthermore, he owns and has tested the R5 against his A1. Lookup his profile and you will see he still owns the Canon gear .. meaning he has the choice to use it anytime he pleases. Thing is, he hasn't used his R5 much since having his A9 and A1. Id trust his opinion far more than any enthusiast on a forum as he is a full time pro who has been shooting birds for several decades
Zony_user wrote:
"easily 10 times faster" ---> user error, check your settings
A couple of my friends use the R5 , both had them from when they was released . Great cameras but I definitely don’t agree being 10 times faster than the A1 . Last few times we’ve been out the lighting was poor , one was using 100-400 the other 100-500 . When viewing back the images through the EVF’s zoomed in both of them commented how sharp the A1 shots look . The 200-600 is a slow lens but was having no issues in poor light
Maxxus46 wrote:
Yeah no way is the R5 any faster at acquiring focus. No way . The A1 has 4x the readout speed and proven superior tracking and focus aquisition, lock. Why would someone like Mark Smith say it's easily the best camera he has ever used? Mark knows his stuff...there is no denying it. And furthermore, he owns and has tested the R5 against his A1. Lookup his profile and you will see he still owns the Canon gear .. meaning he has the choice to use it anytime he pleases. Thing is, he hasn't used his R5 much since having his A9 and A1. Id trust his opinion far more than any enthusiast on a forum as he is a full time pro who has been shooting birds for several decades
