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Why isn’t AF picking up these birds?

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
OP Texchappy Contributing Member • Posts: 598
Re: Help with this one…

Dareshooter wrote:

Texchappy wrote:

I’d love to have had the bird in flight sharp but wasn’t quick enough.

I’m waiting to get a good shot if this pretty punk but he won’t cooperate…

In a situation like this try manually pre-focusing on the spot where the birds are likely to land . You also need to be shooting at faster shutter speeds to freeze any subject movement as 1/400th of a second is nowhere near fast enough for these nippy little devils 😊

Shooting in Fv, I had set the shutter above 1000 but I automaticed it for some I know reason. D’oh! I’m sure if I’d look I would have had the focus point on the bird in the feeder.

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