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  • #1

    What AF settings would you use for this?

    The main subject is the little brown bird in the centre. What AF-C settings would you use in this sort of situation, the little brown bird is a Ruff so not very common and like most feeding waders they never stay in one place for more than a second or two.

    This was taken with OM-1 and 300mm + 1.4TC. No it was not possible to get closer Challenging?

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  • #2
    If the birds are just pecking away and not moving around a lot I would use single spot AF-S, (assuming you are taking stills and not video).
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    • Geo
      #2.1
      Geo commented
      28 September 2023, 09:23 AM
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      Problem with waders is they never stay still!!
    • Wreckdiver
      #2.2
      Wreckdiver commented
      28 September 2023, 10:23 AM
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      Ah, OK 😉 Me's not a birder really.
  • #3
    I'd use single spot with bird detect AF-C, and silent shutter at 10fps. Also, make sure AF-C Release is OFF.

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    • Rob Trek
      #3.2
      Rob Trek commented
      28 September 2023, 10:33 AM
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      @Wreckdiver
      Not if you use single spot. It will only detect birds within that target area and hopefully detect the eye.
    • Ross the fiddler
      #3.3
      Ross the fiddler commented
      28 September 2023, 12:19 PM
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      I think that would be a big ask for such a small bird in the frame. I really think Single Spot & maybe S-AF & not C-AF might be more successful, which means frequently half pressing the shutter button. Maybe C-AF might work, but I doubt Bird ID would be reliable enough with it being so small in the frame.
    • Rob Trek
      #3.4
      Rob Trek commented
      28 September 2023, 02:11 PM
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      @Ross the fiddler
      If bird detect doesn't pick it up, it's in single spot anyway, so it should be fine.
  • #4
    As others have said single spot and if bird detect sticks to the oyster catchers I'd switch it off.

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    • #5
      I would use CAF+tracking, otherwise as above.
      Is that the foreshore at Silverknowes?
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      • #6
        For me I'd be trying C-AF/small target which has been my default birding setting of late (C-AF/large for BIF's) but be ready to switch to S-AF/small target if I'm not snapping on to the correct bird. From a practical point of view, at this distance - which these birds must be based on your lens/TC choice - if AF puts you on the central group of 3 birds it's likely the target bird will be in focus (I know this isn't a very scientific approach!) ...

        By the way - for me - your little brown job looks like a (Red) Knot rather than a Ruff.

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        • #7
          Just to be out there. Manual.

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          • gazza95
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            gazza95 commented
            30 September 2023, 05:47 AM
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            and with peaking it's aa surprisingly effective option
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