I've managed to have decent luck catching them. This is the best in-flight one I've gotten, and I've gotten a pretty decent one sitting in a tree. On this one, I used my old manual focus Asahi Takumar 135mm prime at 200 ISO for 1/2500 in aperture priority -- not sure what the f-stop was, but I'm guessing it was 2.5 considering how soft it is.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/4888800117/#/photos/walt_gilbert/4888800117/lightbox/ I've had my best luck setting my focus on the feeder, waiting for the bird to land, leading the bird between its perched position and the feeder, adjusting the focus to a point between the bird and the feeder, and snapping as it passes through the frame, hand-held. Of course, I sit in a small recessed front porch about 15 feet from the feeder, which gives me just enough cover to avoid spooking them. I don't know if it would be practical for you to set up something like that -- maybe a small canopy of some sort -- but it does work for me. It does take practice -- catching birds in-flight has been my main focus since I got my K-x. But keep at it and I'm sure you'll start snapping them left and right. Best of luck, Walt -- http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbert http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/ http://wally-gee.deviantart.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
