On Jun 22, 2020, Paul Carmichael wrote
(in article ):

On 22/06/2020 18:48, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 22, 2020, Paul Carmichael wrote
(in article ):

On 22/06/2020 16:48, me wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:46:36 +0200, Paul Carmichael
wrote:

On 22/06/2020 13:43, Paul Carmichael wrote:

OK. I just went out onto the patio and took a few snaps at 400mm of stuff around the area.
Here they are straight from the camera. I haven't touched them, so they're big.

http://185.219.27.69:1961/tmp_delete_this_soon/

f11.0 1/1000 iso400 AF stabiliser on, handheld.

They look better. One other ting is they are much more contrasty for
the focus to lock on. It would be helpful if you could show the focus
point for on of the poorer flamingo shots.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9goddxv3to...74228.png?dl=0

Yup! I would say that having the focus point between two flamingoes misses either one. If you had been shooting at them with a rifle you would have been close, but there would be no hit, just a bewildered look from the flamingoes.

I think in the future I'll forget AF and just use my eyes.

There is nothing wrong with using AF, just make sure that you have at least one of your subjects covered by the camera’s focus point. AF can be more accurate than aging eyes.

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Regards,
Savageduck