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Wildlife with G3 and 100-300

Started Mar 17, 2013 | Discussions thread
eagle_I
eagle_I Senior Member • Posts: 2,670
Re: Wildlife with G3 and 100-300

Nice shots ... I enjoyed them!

One of my problems with pinpoint focus on the GH3 with the 100-300mm at full zoom is I cannot hand hold steady enough and frequently miss the spot I wanted hitting something else instead.   On the plus side it's made me concentrate much more on getting a steady hold ... tho being a shaky old guy sometimes no amount of concentration can stop my wiggles.  So sometimes I use pin point sometimes I don't.  I do like having the choice tho as it's a cool new feature for me

One thing that has helped me a LOT in focusing my Panny's at high telephoto is to PRE-focus on a spot CLOSER to me than where I anticipate I'll need to get a quick focus.  The hummingbirds I shoot don't give me much opportunity making only very short stops on a nearby branch ... so I gotta be ready.  If I don't to a close PRE-focus it'll almost always lock on to something behind the bird.  From a spot I frequently stand to get view of the tree where the birds land there's sharp spiny leaf plant below and close to me.  A quick point at it and half shutter press gets me set to grab as quick shot. 

Mark

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