I had by far my best luck (actually caught a few hummer parts) was by using a MF lens (an AF lens set to manual also works) and used trap focus or "catch in focus." Using an A70~210 f/4, I manually set a fairly fast shutter and mounted a 540 flash. Aimed at a hummingbird feeder, from 6 or 7 ft, I pre focused where I guessed a bird might show up and using a cable release, I opened the shutter, locked the release and waited.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bray" <[email protected]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2014 9:47:01 AM Subject: Today I learned... ... taking pictures of a hummingbird is really, really hard. I got one picture of its butt. -- - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see https://keybase.io/timbray) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
