sum1sgrampa wrote:
If I ever had an image that demonstrates the importance of a background this would be it. This hawk was hunting in a park and he perched on the fence of a tennis court. I didn't bother with a shot there as I already had some decent ones of him perched in a tree. But when I saw him ready to take off I hoped for the best. The camera and lens did their jobs but a useless image because of the BG.
Great pic of the hawk.
What IS/IBIS settings do you use for BIF and do you change those settings for static/perched?
Thanks Paul. Funny you should ask this. I'm very much still in the stage of finding the right settings and determining just what this setup can and can't do well. I've been meaning to post a question here for you guys that are more familiar to try and get some feedback. I haven't yet because I haven't had a chance to look over previous threads and I don't want to be redundant. One big observation for me so far has been the Bird Subject detect seems to work great for a flying bird but seems to really struggle with a perched bird ??
I believe when I shot that hawk I would have been in C-AF and S-IS Auto
I had always used IS Auto as well until a friend (fellow OM-1 user) advised using IS-1. I switched to IS-1 and I 'believe' I get more keepers with perched and BIF (this years BIF season is just starting now so I am short on data to analyze just yet).
a few months ago i read/heard Petr Bambousek uses IS-2 (panning) for BIF so I tried that (still have that setting active for BIF). I honestly don't know if it's an improvement or not as I am also pretty dull regarding these types of observations which is why I ask others about these things
Thanks for your time.
