E-M1 + 40-150 pro shoots Dragonfly in flight

Martin.au wrote:

vass wrote:

High speed burst mode. The 1st frame locks the AF. Well with this one I moved with the dragonfly after it locked the 1st frame if you know what I mean.
I like to use both H mode or L for BIF. For H u just keep refocusing with short bursts or u can use L mode to let the AF continue between shots, depends on the bird and flight path really.
The intended target was birds here, the dragonfly just flew by me so I used what settings I had at the time.

LarsPolarBear wrote:

Thanks Vass, great caputre!!!

vass wrote:

9 box focus, H mode and CAF

I am a little confused, what is "H mode"???? Surprised that the CAF got that one... E-M1's C-AF seam much better than E-PL7...

Thanks,

Lars

randallktodd wrote:

I'm always curious as to how cameras are set up, and what the settings were for successful photos. Would you care to share some of those details? Like, focus point size, c-af or not, etc.

Great shots!

Thanks

High speed no longer locks the AF with the first shot,as of firmware 3. It will C-AF at 9FPS

That is correct actually. Only the exposure and white balance is only locked to 1st frame after 3.0. I still am thinking pre 3.0 and for some things iv'e been moving back and forward for like dragonflies making small movements by habit. I did this for hoverflies before lol. For swallows I only ever fire a quick burst and didn't know the autofocus was still hunting. I find it drops off pretty easy anyway due to speed and direction changes so ill continue to shoot this way otherwise my shutter actuations will go AWOL