Thanks John, I'll give that a try. For most other subjects I tend to use
back button only with AF-S in spot mode.
The problem with dragonflies/damselfies (as well as butterflies) is
their unpredictectable traject. Some species have the habit to hang
sometimes stationary which makes it a lot easier.
But others like the great emperor move for hours very fast on sunny days
(up to 38 km/h).
Fast AF tracking as on some newer model camera's may be helpful but you
still need to get your subject in the centre of your viewer.
Henk
Op 2020-09-16 om 23:46 schreef John:
I use AF-C with back button focus. As soon as it hits focus, I take my
thumb off the back button & it stays there.
Took me a while to learn, but it works a lot better than manual focus
works for me off of a tripod.
Even ON the tripod, Auto-Focus works better for me. Gets me close
enough that focus peaking in live view will work with my tired old
worn out eyes.
On 9/14/2020 07:33:32, Henk Terhell wrote:
I mean to say switch to manual focus.
Op 2020-09-14 om 13:31 schreef Henk Terhell:
Larry, as much as I like my K-1, in fact the single-point AF-S is
not good enough for such small fast moving subjects.
I know that I should switch to AF-C with repeat on but most of the
time I impatiently switch to autofocus.
Henk
Op 2020-09-14 om 08:35 schreef Larry Colen:
Great shot. I can barely catch shots of birds when they’re eating
seeds in my yard, and catching a bug on the wing like that is
amazing. You must have a really good camera. :-)
On Sep 13, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote:
Toine, that also looks like the common darter having no mustache
and striped legs.
I try to catch these dragonflies in flight but it is like fishing:
sometimes you come home with nothing having wasted a few hours.
Here one of my trials of the common darter:
https://flic.kr/p/2jyu8wF
Henk
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