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Why isn’t AF picking up these birds?

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
tsinvest
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Re: Why isn’t AF picking up these birds?
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Texchappy wrote:

Got my R6 today and tried to get it set up. First with the 24-105l and this one with the RF100-400, the AF just isn’t finding these birds. What am I doing wrong?

It kept locking on the fence. Earlier when I was using the shorter lens, it kept locking on a lawn chair in the corner.

I would say way too far away for that little bird.  Even if the camera did focus on it, at that distance with a 20mp sensor you wouldn't get much detail anyway.  Even with the R5 45mp sensor your bird details would be muted.  You need to somehow get closer and/or find bigger birds to photograph.

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