I still have the headache. Keeping one eye on the bee and one eye in the viewfinder while manually focusing sends some weird signals to the brain.:crazy
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I believe this is a carpenter bee and they are territorial. It had a flying pattern so I had the focus set in that general area. When it flew inot it, I grabbed the manual focus ring and hoped for the best. It helps to keep one eye on the bee and one eye in viewfinder.
I had to take over 300 shots to get maybe 10 that were decent. It's not so much fast as being prepared. It really helps to have a manual focus override. I was using a canon 300 f4 with a 1.4 TC on a mark IIn body.
I had to take over 300 shots to get maybe 10 that were decent. It's not so much fast as being prepared. It really helps to have a manual focus override. I was using a canon 300 f4 with a 1.4 TC on a mark IIn body.
I bet your keeper rate would jump up without the tc
I bet your keeper rate would jump up without the tc
Maybe. When I was trying to use AF, the camera was grabbing the background, not the bee. I used AF to focus on the plant it was flying around, and then grabbed the manual focus ring to focus on the bee. I had better luck on manual focus.
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You really are a glutton for punishment. Little birds are hard enough.:D
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I had to take over 300 shots to get maybe 10 that were decent. It's not so much fast as being prepared. It really helps to have a manual focus override. I was using a canon 300 f4 with a 1.4 TC on a mark IIn body.
“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”
http://jwear.smugmug.com/
Maybe. When I was trying to use AF, the camera was grabbing the background, not the bee. I used AF to focus on the plant it was flying around, and then grabbed the manual focus ring to focus on the bee. I had better luck on manual focus.