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<blockquote data-quote="GracieAllen" data-source="post: 590837" data-attributes="member: 41283">I've currently got the body set in Focus+release, so in THEORY, it should be in focus before it takes the first shot, so I don't THINK it's a &quot;not enough time to focus&quot; problem. The shot above isn't the first one in the series, it's probably 3rd or 4th.&nbsp; What SEEMS to be happening is that as the bird moves off the &quot;current&quot; focus point, it refocuses very quickly - in the shot above, it's not bird motion despite the &quot;low&quot; shutter speed, it's refocused on the trees in the background.&nbsp; Again, in theory as I understand it, in 3D, the camera should switch focus points as necessary as the subject moves.&nbsp; This is what the D300 always did and I've photographed a lot of birds in flight with it.&nbsp; As for View NX - yes, I know HOW to display a focus point, it doesn't display on any of the images taken with the D500.Anyhow, yesterday morning I tried some other focus modes to see if they'd work any better, AFC with 153 points, grp AF, even auto AF.&nbsp; I haven't had time to go through the images, but I'll see if one of the other focus modes will work better.&nbsp; I had decent light, but the reality is that at 7 a.m., unless I&quot;m willing to shoot at ISO 3200 or HIGHER, I'm NOT gonna get 1.5X the focal length.&nbsp; the optical stabilization helps, and I'm shooting on a beanbag so my platform is stable.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure it's just something basic I'm doing poorly or sloppily, so I'll just keep workingon it with this combination.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GracieAllen, post: 590837, member: 41283"] I've currently got the body set in Focus+release, so in THEORY, it should be in focus before it takes the first shot, so I don't THINK it's a "not enough time to focus" problem. The shot above isn't the first one in the series, it's probably 3rd or 4th. What SEEMS to be happening is that as the bird moves off the "current" focus point, it refocuses very quickly - in the shot above, it's not bird motion despite the "low" shutter speed, it's refocused on the trees in the background. Again, in theory as I understand it, in 3D, the camera should switch focus points as necessary as the subject moves. This is what the D300 always did and I've photographed a lot of birds in flight with it. As for View NX - yes, I know HOW to display a focus point, it doesn't display on any of the images taken with the D500. Anyhow, yesterday morning I tried some other focus modes to see if they'd work any better, AFC with 153 points, grp AF, even auto AF. I haven't had time to go through the images, but I'll see if one of the other focus modes will work better. I had decent light, but the reality is that at 7 a.m., unless I"m willing to shoot at ISO 3200 or HIGHER, I'm NOT gonna get 1.5X the focal length. the optical stabilization helps, and I'm shooting on a beanbag so my platform is stable. I'm pretty sure it's just something basic I'm doing poorly or sloppily, so I'll just keep workingon it with this combination. [/QUOTE]

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