I have switched on Eye-AF for Animals in my A9.
My eyes aren't good enough anymore to see in the EVF whether Eye-AF is effective or not.
Looking at these images Eye-AF certainly doesn't seem to get in the way, it may actually be doing its Job IMHO!
Sony ILCE-9 + FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X TC @ 560 mm, f/4.5, 1/640 s, ISO 4000.
Also these images are heavily cropped.
The A9 with 6,000x4,000 pixels seems to handle that well.
I used Focus Area Center or Flexible M.
These little birds move fast and erratically.
It's hard to predict where they will be next.
I either have my focus area on their head or I don't, handholding the FE 400/2.8 lens.
If I do the A9 focusses instantly and I get in this case an L burst of sharp images.
Of course, shooting would be doable but a bit harder with my A7r.2 or A7r.
K-H.
K-H., my favorite AF setting in Ecuador is Tracking-AF with Selectable Assist Point (I don’t remember the exact name and I cannot access my cameras right now). It was fail-proof there to get the initial focus and it switched automatically to tracking. It did make my life so easy that way. No, not Eye-AF for bird but as far as I am concerned, I can live without .
Joshua
Edit: two superb images from the cemetery, Birdie!
Thanks Joshua. I hear you.
I also used tracking, but once these little birds started moving I could not keep them in the frame.
So I saw no need to use that.
To nail the initial focus made all the difference.
Tracking or not, the initial focus area has to be spot on.
K-H.
Dec 06, 2019 at 12:44 PM
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