Focus FAST with the Sony 200-600 on small birds
It can be tricky to find small birds or birds far off with the big zoom of the Sony 200-600mm lens. Here are two tricks you can you use to spot and focus on small birds FAST.
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Love owling! And love the 200-600. I’ve found using DMF can help pinpoint focus through thick tree branches. This was fun!
Nice shots!!! The Kingfisher and the owl area a treat. Thanks for sharing!!!
Was an eventful bird day for sure!
Awesome. I love your energy 👍🏼 Keep it up.
Aww thank you!
Yes I am watching from sunny Queensland Australia. Tropical weather here. You guys must be freezing!
We actually were bundled up pretty good, except my legs! We went to lunch after and I realized my thighs were numb. We remember our thermals now!
Thank you for your videos...my feedback and please don't feel bad about it as it's in a positive spirit...there is too much clutter in the videos and less to the point, that way you can make it a shorter video to watch and interesting....i couldn't get the tips from this videa at all
Thanks for watching.
Great video! I have the 7RIV and the 200-600 as well! How do you deal with noise? Thanks, great content
Topaz DeNoise is a great program to help with noise.
I have this problem of trying to find birds and aerial phenomenon in my camera's view. I was hoping this Sony trick might apply to my Canon; but I don't think I have the ability to choose small area focus. Maybe, I do and I just haven't found it yet. 🤷🏻♀ I love how tenacious the blue birds are with that owl! It always amazes me when I see small birds attacking hawks in my area. Monique's ability to stabilize that huge lens without a tripod is astonishing.
Sometimes practicing with binoculars first will help hone that skill. Sometimes I don't pick up that big lens for a couple weeks and have to learn all over again!
Great video, how many or which af points do you use?
For birds back in branches I use single point and manually move the point where I want it. Otherwise small, medium or large tracking.
Which camera do you enjoy using more for this type of photography a1 or riv?
Tough call! Steve recently admitted he is considering switching from the A7riv to the A1. But he loves the versatility of the 61 megapixels.
What focus mode and area are you using for those birds in the trees ? I have an a7 IV and 200-600 but often struggle in those situations to get focus to hit the bird :(
Oh..... focus small.... hmm... yeah I still often have problems locking on to the animal....... maybe I just need more experience....
It does take a lot of practice. Steve likes using the tripod to help. A trick is to zero in on birds with binoculars to practice spotting.
@@CattailChronicles yeah I also use ur trick to start at 200 when I spot one sitting in a tree, and then zoom in 👌
Hi! what is the holder that you use to walk with the 200600?
That is the Spyder holster. Mine has the belt and came with several feet for lenses and camera body. There's a belt clip version as well. Love it!
Also one of 2 questions I wanted to ask :) Other one would be: which tripod is Steve using? I am someone who rarely uses a tripod but since I started working on a ship as a wildlife Photographer and also love to film it makes sense to have one. Thanks for your reply and your helpful vídeos!
what tripod and tripod head is he using please
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Do you guys have sample photos????
What do you mean?
@@CattailChronicles you guys are just shooting but no edited photos
I hate the small focus spot on sony cameras cause it ain't actually that small to fit between branches that well. I bet thats why Steve is using manual focus on those situations. i wish the small focus spot was actually as small as a single dot like it was on Canon's old dslrs viewfinders
It seems small enough to me but that's a good idea to have an even smaller point. Steve's A7RIV is notorious for it's difficulty focusing. We found that out while comparing it to the A7RV.
@@CattailChronicles I use the a7rv and it's great regarding the autofocus but there are occasions that small spot still ain't small enough
I enabled DMF at all time in the settings of my a7rv and it works very well to guide focus then let autofocus do the last fine tuning.