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<blockquote data-quote="Stoshowicz" data-source="post: 609001" data-attributes="member: 31397">Birds are really difficult to track for a camera , flapping wings , cryptic feathers etc, I like single point d51 afc&nbsp; so it tracks the distance to the thing that was in the box , even if it comes out from under the box momentarily, &nbsp;rather than tries to grab the nearest thing in any box. You can adjust the time duration of the 'focus lock' which means if you lose the subject the camera keeps looking at that particular distance to see if it recognizes the target before giving up and doing another search, I keep this time short .. or at zero. But honestly I don't see much advantage or disadvantage using Any particular one of the modes.&nbsp; ( I see only the one box in black ,I didnt like the 3d mode with the moving boxes )... ( to start out , make sure your camera is set on 'focus priority' rather than 'shutter priority' so it only takes a pic when its pretty sure it has the bird locked in its sights. )So if you've got the camera set this way , you can be pushing the shutter release before it locks on to the bird, and as soon as it does lock confidently onto it , the shutter will trip. Once you get the feel for how long you need to be on target , you can set to shutter priority to get rid of the excess time lag.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stoshowicz, post: 609001, member: 31397"] Birds are really difficult to track for a camera , flapping wings , cryptic feathers etc, I like single point d51 afc so it tracks the distance to the thing that was in the box , even if it comes out from under the box momentarily, rather than tries to grab the nearest thing in [I]any[/I] box. You can adjust the time duration of the 'focus lock' which means if you lose the subject the camera keeps looking at that particular distance to see if it recognizes the target before giving up and doing another search, I keep this time short .. or at zero. But honestly I don't see much advantage or disadvantage using Any particular one of the modes. ( I see only the one box in black ,I didnt like the 3d mode with the moving boxes )... ( [B]to start out , make sure your camera is set on 'focus priority' rather than 'shutter priority' so it only takes a pic when its pretty sure it has the bird locked in its sights. )[/B] So if you've got the camera set this way , you can be pushing the shutter release before it locks on to the bird, and as soon as it does lock confidently onto it , the shutter will trip. [SIZE=1]Once you get the feel for how long you need to be on target , you can set to shutter priority to get rid of the excess time lag.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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