6-34 Animals: Birds (Small Birds Flying or Diving Into Water)
This setting is perfect for photographing small birds that move suddenly and quickly.
Birds (Small Flying Birds) Setting List | |
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AF operation | Servo AF |
AF area | Flexible Zone AF/Whole area |
Orientation-linked AF point | Separated AF points |
Whole area tracking Servo AF | Enable |
Subject to detect | Animals |
Eye detection | Auto |
Servo AF characteristics | Case Auto |
Auto characteristics | 1 |
Servo 1st image priority | Equal priority/Release priority |
Lens electronic MF | Enable (actual size) |
For [AF Area], we recommend a wider [AF Area] such as [Flexible Zone AF] or [Whole area AF].
Set [Subject to detect] to [Animals] and [Whole area tracking Servo AF] to [Enable] makes framing and adjusting the composition easier.
If the focus is delayed when a bird moves suddenly, set [Case Auto characteristics] to [Responsive: +1]. If the focus is still delayed, set [Servo AF characteristics] to [Case M], then set both [Tracking sensitivity] and [Accel./decel. tracking] to [+2].
Also, set [Servo 1st image priority] to [Release priority] to begin shooting quickly.