The perils of bird detection autofocus.....

jerry12953 said:
A chaffinch hopped into my camper van while I was on the Isle of Mull so I put some crumbs out for him and took some picsView attachment 424751.......
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How close were you? The commonly reported flaw with bird recognition is that it defaults to the closest bird (if there is a conflict).

As the chaffinch is so much more obvious in the frame, I wonder if the lens can't focus close enough forcing the camera to go for the ringed plover/puffin as the only bird(s) it can focus on.

But the real lesson is to avoid photographing chaffinches who use mugs with birds printed on them.
 
myotis said:
How close were you? The commonly reported flaw with bird recognition is that it defaults to the closest bird (if there is a conflict).

As the chaffinch is so much more obvious in the frame, I wonder if the lens can't focus close enough forcing the camera to go for the ringed plover/puffin as the only bird(s) it can focus on.

But the real lesson is to avoid photographing chaffinches who use mugs with birds printed on them.
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You could be right. It was all a bit hurried and I did get one where the chaffinch IS in focus......
 
jerry12953 said:
You could be right. It was all a bit hurried and I did get one where the chaffinch IS in focus......
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My embarrassing moment last week, with my new Z8, was that the fancy subject detect was incredibly erratic. My disappointment was quickly replaced by embarrassment when I realised the lens was set to prevent it focussing closer than 3m !!
 
I'm perfect and never make any mistakes... :whistling:

Except when I've made pretty much every mistake possible!!! :headbang:
 
I guess you are lucky is was crumbs you put down . . . something like a large Pie and Chips would have had a different kind of bird altogether landing inside your campervan !
 
Wiganner!
 
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