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motionstills
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E-M5 + 75-300mm, if you want to see how fast E-M5's AF is, try shooting Barn Swallows in flight.
E-M5 + 75-300mm, if you want to see how fast E-M5's AF is, try shooting Barn Swallows in flight.
Hi,
When u shoot fast moving objects? u use S AF or C AF or C AF with tracking? Do you just focus as small area as possible on the bird by pressing the shutter halfway?
Williamtyc
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E PL3+Kit Lens
jlim76
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E PL3+Kit Lens
Initially I thought it was a whole duck with gooey sauce :bsmilie:
motionstills
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I use S AF and focus on the bird with the smallest AF area. C AF and C AF with tracking are too slow for this kind of subject, also, I shoot with both eyes open, left eye tracks the flight path, right eye on the viewfinder.
Ic. Once u half press the shutter to focus on the bird, do you follow the bird path or point at an area and waits for the bird to reach it ?
motionstills
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I try to pre-focus on subject along the flight path at approx the same depth as the bird, my left eye is constantly doing this assessment while my right eye tries to place focus point on the bird and follows it, there will be many hits and misses, sometimes i didn't get focus right, sometimes i do but composition is bad. Some preparations below u may wish to try out:
1. Use manual setting, keep aperture around f8 to have more DOF to play with, and set shutter speed to 1/1000s at least.
2. Set ISO to auto if u wish, esp. if light condition is not consistent, in decent light u should get around iso400, if light is too bright, fix iso at 200 and use faster shutter speed.
3. Shoot in the morning or evening when light comes from the sides rather than in the afternoon when light is overhead, stand between light source and subject.
4. Don't chase the birds, choose a good spot and remain there for as long as possible, work with your neck rather than your body, keep movements to the minimum, try to appear like a dead log to the birds.
5. Shoot alone, not in group, keep quiet.
6. Wear something that blend with the surrounding, after a while the birds will be more at ease and fly closer to u.
7. U may be lucky to get a good shot within 10mins, i usually shoot for 2 hours or more.
8. Be patient and keep practise shooting with both eyes open.
hope this helps
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motionstills
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E-M5 + 75-300mm
milez
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OM-D E-M5 with Oly 75mm f/1.8 Lens. f/3.2. 1/320sec. ISO200
Are you going to get the 60mm f2.8 macro ? Its the second Olympus m4/3 weather sealed lens.
cwaikong
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Not sure yet as I am not really into macro photography.Maybe this lens will get me interested in it. This lens is rumoured to cost around 599EUR. Another lens to look out for is the Pany 35-100 f/2.8.
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cwaikong
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E-M5 + 75-300mm
Nice picture.
Hmm.. Is this the cause for the recent typhoons and hurricanes? As I heard from somewhere, "When a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world it can cause a hurricane in another part of the world".
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motionstills
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Thanks bro
. I hope it is not causing hurricane man, otherwise i would have to kill butterfly every time i see one :bsmilie:
hyperFocal
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E-M5, Oly 75mm f1.8, straight OOC jpg (except slight crop for #1).
#1 ISO200, f1.8, 1/2500 :
#2 ISO200, f2.8, 1/500 :
PS : forgot to mention: my standard settings include in-cam sharpening of -2. This lens IS SHARP!!
#1 ISO200, f1.8, 1/2500 :
#2 ISO200, f2.8, 1/500 :
PS : forgot to mention: my standard settings include in-cam sharpening of -2. This lens IS SHARP!!
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coughing bean
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