topic Re: Best focus settings for flying squirrels? in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras

Best focus settings for flying squirrels?

OleAas — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:17:14 GMT

Hi! I have taken a lot of pictures of squirrels jumping against the camera, but always with prefocusing.

When I saw some similar pictures shot with follow focus on Canon R3 with RF 100-500, I wanted to test if my Sony a9ii (ILCE-9M2) and Sony 200-600mm lens could do the same using tracking (not pre focus).

Can anyone suggest the best AF settings in this kind of scenario?

Here's a similar picture shot by me with a Canon R7 and RF 100-400mm. Focus is on the hind legs, so maybe my technique was not good enough, or maybe the camera/lens-combination couldn't keep up. Lets see if my Sony can!

Re: Best focus settings for flying squirrels?

MarlonUk1 — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 23:06:58 GMT

doesn't the animal auto focus work with this kind of shots?

Re: Best focus settings for flying squirrels?

interceptor121 — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:42:35 GMT

I think the R3 with 30 fps will do better than your A9II

Subjects moving towards you in the frame are the trickiest ones for any camera

In terms of settings you can push sensitivity to the max and frame rate to 20fps and hope for the best