DanC.Licks
AKA Daniel Bradley
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I have found the focus on closer birds excellent! Did you have half-press IS activated? I find it helps to do so to be more selective with the focus.
Couple of quickies from a few minutes ago out our window. Crappy light again....ISO 800 1/80 and 1/125 second, no TC, about 7 meters away.
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Nice photos, Jules & Dan.
Interesting thread on dpreview.
I wonder if there is a compromise using only one firmware version for all EF lenses ?
Would it be possible to get better AF performance on 400mm EF lens if a firmware version was made just for that lens/focal length ?
Anders
"I consider that the overall beauty, artistic content and ornithological value of an image go before these."
Couldn't agree more!
There are so many factors that can affect detail one would go crazy if one were to be too fixated on eliminating them all at the same time. Naturally, with birds we want feather detail and a spot of light in the eye, but after a given distance, that simply in not possible even under ideal air and light conditions. I am so happy it works as wall as it does. It has removed a huge stress factor for me and allowed me to concentrate on other things.
Nice! Leiopicus medius?I was right in the middle of reading Jules' post when my wife called up to me and told me we had an unusual visitor. So I quick grabbed the E-M1+400 and got what I could through the branches of an apple tree next to the house.
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I find this combination at close range quite satisfactory indeed!
I also find it quite capable of finding the target in a cluttered environment, and if it doesn't, the AF is easy to either override or turn off. I find it helps to quick focus on something bigger at about the same distance, and then zero in on the target.
No AF system is going to be 100% reliable all the time, certainly not the Olympus system. I find the 75-300 II hopeless against busy backgrounds, BiF or otherwise. Talk about searching and getting stuck! :C
If AF is the MAIN priority, and in the end, maybe it is, then Canon is no doubt the way to go. I myself am not yet convinced.
I was right in the middle of reading Jules' post when my wife called up to me and told me we had an unusual visitor. So I quick grabbed the E-M1+400 and got what I could through the branches of an apple tree next to the house.
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I find this combination at close range quite satisfactory indeed!
I also find it quite capable of finding the target in a cluttered environment, and if it doesn't, the AF is easy to either override or turn off. I find it helps to quick focus on something bigger at about the same distance, and then zero in on the target.
No AF system is going to be 100% reliable all the time, certainly not the Olympus system. I find the 75-300 II hopeless against busy backgrounds, BiF or otherwise. Talk about searching and getting stuck! :C
If AF is the MAIN priority, and in the end, maybe it is, then Canon is no doubt the way to go. I myself am not yet convinced.