Running coots & house finch
Feb 9, 2015 12:22:00 #
I am not a big fan of coots. I live on a golf coarse and they can do quite a bit of damage. However they are fun to try to catch chasing each other, I assume the males establishing territory. Here are some of my first tries. Fast enough shutter speed, in that the water is frozen, but not quite in focus. Canon 100-400 ISL @400, Canon 6D, ISO 1000, f/10@1/2000. This is the older version f this lens. Hand held. I'm practicing with the lens and a couple of thoughts occurred to me. The AF was set at 1.8M-infinity. If I set the af to 6.5 might it focus faster? Also the stabilizer mode was set to 1, and I think 2 is for panning. I'm going to tray those options. The house finch is nice and sharp, hand held. F/8 @ 1/800, Iso 1000, 6D. F/8 is the sweet spot on this lens. Comments are always appreciated. I love the feet on these coots.
Feb 9, 2015 12:31:28 #
Nalu wrote:
I am not a big fan of coots. I live on a golf coa... (show quote)
That is a yes (setting the AF to 6.5), unless you have the stabilizer mode 3 (like in the new version), I would turn the stabilizer off altogether. I always turn mine to >Off<, if I shoot any action handheld, to avoid blurred shots!
Feb 9, 2015 12:34:35 #
speters wrote:
That is a yes (setting the AF to 6.5), unless you have the stabilizer mode 3 (like in the new version), I would turn the stabilizer off altogether. I always turn mine to >Off<, if I shoot any action handheld, to avoid blurred shots!
Really! Ok, I will try that. Thx for the suggestion.
Feb 9, 2015 13:07:45 #
speters wrote:
That is a yes (setting the AF to 6.5), unless you have the stabilizer mode 3 (like in the new version), I would turn the stabilizer off altogether. I always turn mine to >Off<, if I shoot any action handheld, to avoid blurred shots!
One other option? Center point selection on the AF selection? I tried the spread on the 6d, 11 points, but it seemed the focus got "confused". Center point seemed to get better results.
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