Fast focusing cameras/lenses
Sep 20, 2017 06:08:19 #
I could be wrong here but don't some camera's skip focusing between frames? I would imagine with the relatively thin depth of field of a long lens on a flying bird unless flying across your frame missed focus would be a problem in burst mode.
Sep 20, 2017 07:20:37 #
Sep 20, 2017 08:23:52 #
Jeffcs
Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
Starting over sense your already familiar with Nikon menu and more than likely have Nikon stuff go for the D500 200-500 lens it's nearly an unbeatable combo for BIF
Sep 20, 2017 08:27:07 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
In continuous focus, the Fuji can be set to different kinds of movements. Did you do that? That, and using Zone, make it a very fast focusing camera on moving subjects.
Sep 20, 2017 09:30:20 #
cthahn wrote:
The new Sony's with the Zeiss lenses are extremely fast.
I have used third-party lenses in the past do you think the zeiss is as good as the lenses produced by the manufacture specifically for their brand?
Sep 20, 2017 09:49:54 #
There is a You Tube video that is quite impressive that compares focusing on the Canon 70D and the Sony a6000.
Sep 20, 2017 11:22:20 #
mborn wrote:
I would go with the D500 10fps buffer capacity of 200 with QXD cards
What do you use? I really like your stuff btw. But I think you may have mislabeled one shot - Red-Winged Blackbirds fighting - if this was taken in the spring it was probably courtship behavior. Or you may be right - it's not the first time a married couple have been witnessed fighting. . .
Sep 20, 2017 11:27:28 #
Gene51 wrote:
What do you use? I really like your stuff btw. But I think you may have mislabeled one shot - Red-Winged Blackbirds fighting - if this was taken in the spring it was probably courtship behavior. Or you may be right - it's not the first time a married couple have been witnessed fighting. . .
Right Now I use the D500 + 200-500. In the past, i used a 500f/4 with a D3s
The Red-winged Blackbirds were fighting over food
Sep 20, 2017 11:57:51 #
I rented a Sony a77ii and a 70-400g2 for my almost-semi-annual trip to Oshkosh and found that the combination annihilated my a77/Tammy combo. Some of my 5k-plus pics are on my FB page and am having one of the pics printed 11x14 on metal (my first experience renting and with a metal print). I should get the print by the end of the week...it shipped on the 18th. Had it done at Bay Photo because AdoramaPix was closed by the time I tried to send the pic and the sale I wanted was over with. Focus speed and accuracy were great and the camera and lens are now on my wish list.
Sep 20, 2017 12:17:11 #
The Fuji X T2 does not get great reviews for action/sports. It is an otherwise great camera for most everything else. For BIF, I am using a Canon 80D with a Sigma 150-600 C. I am still in the processing of fine tuning the lens (time constraints) but in limited shooting I am getting a respectable keeper rate. The focusing system in the 80D is pretty awesome.
Sep 20, 2017 17:40:33 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
Sony, Canon, and Nikon would be the leaders IMO for what you are posting. Not real warm and fuzzy when it comes to Pentax and Fuji for AF tracking. Sony - a6500 - Canon 7D MkII - Nikon D500 would be my APS-C choices.
Sony a9, Canon 1Dx or 1DxII, Nikon D850 for FF.
If birds or BIF is your thing, would stay closer to Canon and Nikon primarily for lens choice. I am more familiar with Canon, so my final choice would be the 1DxII with the 100-400 MkII lens. I am sure Nikon has something comparable.
Nikon for DR. Canon for AF, AF tracking. Just my opinion.
Sony a9, Canon 1Dx or 1DxII, Nikon D850 for FF.
If birds or BIF is your thing, would stay closer to Canon and Nikon primarily for lens choice. I am more familiar with Canon, so my final choice would be the 1DxII with the 100-400 MkII lens. I am sure Nikon has something comparable.
Nikon for DR. Canon for AF, AF tracking. Just my opinion.
Sep 20, 2017 19:13:24 #
dyximan wrote:
My questions are about lenses and cameras and lens... (show quote)
I will tell you that CANON has written the book on fast accurate auto focus both in bodies and lenses starting in 1987 - everyone else is still "catching up" ! Tho, today, some of the "others" are getting very close to Canon's superiority in this area.
I shoot SONY - except for birds in flight - where I prefer to use CANON.
Sep 21, 2017 09:26:51 #
imagemeister wrote:
I will tell you that CANON has written the book on fast accurate auto focus both in bodies and lenses starting in 1987 - everyone else is still "catching up" ! Tho, today, some of the "others" are getting very close to Canon's superiority in this area.
I shoot SONY - except for birds in flight - where I prefer to use CANON.
I shoot SONY - except for birds in flight - where I prefer to use CANON.
Which is why you see all those white lenses at sporting events. (They are at birding spots too, but are covered with camouflage
)Sep 21, 2017 11:51:26 #
imagemeister wrote:
I will tell you that CANON has written the book on fast accurate auto focus both in bodies and lenses starting in 1987 - everyone else is still "catching up" ! Tho, today, some of the "others" are getting very close to Canon's superiority in this area.
I shoot SONY - except for birds in flight - where I prefer to use CANON.
I shoot SONY - except for birds in flight - where I prefer to use CANON.
What Cannon and lens do you use for your bird shots?
Sep 21, 2017 11:55:46 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Which is why you see all those white lenses at sporting events. (They are at birding spots too, but are covered with camouflage )
)Which Cannon and lenses would you suggest for bird shots, as I am presently looking at the Nikon D500 and 850, and have been told the Cannon mark 1 70 80 or 7 Ds might be a good choice aswell
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