Thanks Paul - it's always interesting to learn from your vast experience, see what you are shooting, and enjoy your great images. I think pre-capture is a game changer for bird photographers, and I look forward to it in my next Sony camera. I often kick myself for keeping the bird in the viewfinder, then losing patience, only to watch the bird take off! And in my usual routine, I don't even consider shooting at 1/4000 or 1/8000 of a second @ F11 worrying about high ISOs on the typical N MI overcast days, but I'll give it a try. I usually shoot up to 1/3200 at F5.6 on my F4 600mm w a 1.4TC. That said, it's usually larger birds I'm shooting like herons, bald eagles, hawks, harriers and very soon, snowy owls.
Thank you. Pre-capture will surely make things more fun and less frustrating. For a take-off image where you give a bird room to fly through the frame and know it will take off into the wind in the direction you are giving it room, and you have to wait a long time, having a cable release already attached, so you can wait it out and be relaxed, would be helpful - I will end up doing that in certain circumstances. I shoot at 1/3200 sec as well for the larger birds, but if light allows, I go up to 1/4000 sec.
Fantastic information on capturing the action of birds in flight. You have some wonderful images captured. The breakdown of the duck taking off was brilliant.
Thanks Paul - it's always interesting to learn from your vast experience, see what you are shooting, and enjoy your great images. I think pre-capture is a game changer for bird photographers, and I look forward to it in my next Sony camera. I often kick myself for keeping the bird in the viewfinder, then losing patience, only to watch the bird take off! And in my usual routine, I don't even consider shooting at 1/4000 or 1/8000 of a second @ F11 worrying about high ISOs on the typical N MI overcast days, but I'll give it a try. I usually shoot up to 1/3200 at F5.6 on my F4 600mm w a 1.4TC. That said, it's usually larger birds I'm shooting like herons, bald eagles, hawks, harriers and very soon, snowy owls.
Thank you. Pre-capture will surely make things more fun and less frustrating. For a take-off image where you give a bird room to fly through the frame and know it will take off into the wind in the direction you are giving it room, and you have to wait a long time, having a cable release already attached, so you can wait it out and be relaxed, would be helpful - I will end up doing that in certain circumstances. I shoot at 1/3200 sec as well for the larger birds, but if light allows, I go up to 1/4000 sec.
Fantastic information on capturing the action of birds in flight. You have some wonderful images captured. The breakdown of the duck taking off was brilliant.
Thank you.
Really helpful video.
Modern cameras with precapture is insane, also eye focus is cool as well.
Thank you.