yes mirrorless always have that focus issue, Ryan Mense recommends just pointing at the mid ground and it also serves to wake up the camera from sleep mode. you get in the habit of constantly doing this
@@MikeLaneFRPS Maybe not a great deal other than recognition of the quality imaging that you achieve with their equipment, certainly some brand ambassadors are no where near the competency levels that you achieve. IMHO you are by far the UK’s best bird photographer (credit where credits due)😀
Lovely and perfect simple useful tips as usual.. I adore your dedication and passion for bird photography, and also for sharing simple tips you gathered from your years of experience. !! Cheers.. 🎉🎉🎉
Great tips for getting the birds where you want them, doing what you want them to do! I have 'preshotES' on my Fuji X-T5 which does the same sort of thing and it's great fun to use. Can only use it on electronic shutter though, not mechanical, which sometimes causes a bit of rolling shutter which is not so good.
@@MikeLaneFRPS I'm going by the Fuji X-T2 camera that I upgraded from so I expect you're right. I've just realised I haven't noticed it in my more recent images so perhaps I had better retract that comment!
If you used a £10.000 Camera you could not take better images than these they are really superb Mike,, when people say Micro 4/3 is inferior they need to take a look at this Video, Brilliant.
Another great video... but you're giving away all of what I thought were MY secrets! I love using the ProCapture mode with my OM-1 and have captured bird images that would have been impossible before - just like you said. Looking forward (as usual) to your next video!
@@MikeLaneFRPS Great question... It's difficult to imagine a more capable camera than the OM-1. More megapixels, perhaps, but there are technical problems with getting more megapixels in a MFT format. Fun to dream!
This year I've counted 7 singing greenfinches within a mile of my home and even have a pair coming to my garden feeders. Three years ago the count was zero fingers crossed they are recovering? I use canon and am really getting frustrated at the lack of useful functions on them especially the focusing limit on the lens. The OM system is getting more tempting every video of yours I watch
Very nice shots! Looking forward to the video on the focus limiter. In some situations it's very useful, especially when used in conjunction with Pre-MF and the various ON settings assigned to a button so you can scroll through the options.
Hi Mike. Thank you very much for all this valuable information. A query. Would it be possible to get your settings for pdf bird photos, for birds in flight (C1), perching birds (C2), and procapture birds in flight (C3)?
Love your videos and knowledge,I have been admiring your work for the last 20 years but am frustrated to see how easy these modern cameras make capturing small birds in flight....I still use 6 flashguns,7 pocket wizards and a remote beam breaker along with about 8 tripods! The main advantage is that I can use asa100 at F11 or F16 and still get 1 / 10,000th of a second. I also use manual focus lenses! 😀
Hi Mike. Big fan of your work and one of the reasons why I bought the OM-1. Can't quite stretch to a pro lens, yet. Maybe the 300m f4 at some point - so I need to temper my expectations. I've not yet tried out Pro Capture. Do you use Back Button Focus? How does Pro Capture work with that, does it still require the half press of the shutter after locking focus with the back button, or does the pro capture start when you've locked focus?
Mike Another great video, I look forward each Saterday for your tips. Can you tell me do you zoom tight on the bird and then pan or do you have the bird in focus on one side of the frame and crop in in post.
I have the bird in focus on the side of the frame and hope to keep the frame when he is fairly central, but have to consider which frame has the best wing position too. I try and avoid cropping or at least keep in minimul.
Absolutely stunning! Getting those birds with the wings outstretched. And always graciously sharing how to go about it. Will look forward to your next one to learn how useful the manually dialed in focus delimiter works. Have heard this feature being discussed on the OM System Channel All about focusing episode aired recently
The one feature I would love on the Sony A1 . However you do get very good at anticipation without this feature . Thanks for reminding me what I am missing Mike 😢
Hi Mike. Just watched your video filled with great tips and pictures. I have just spent the day in the garden trying the same. My success rate was awful. I am using the settings you suggest but the only shot i get in reasonable focus is the take off shot. As soon as the bird moves the camera does not seem to be able to focus on it. I had more take off shots with sh1but out of several thousand images not one in focus using sh2. Any suggestions? Cheers and thanks for your excellent videos.
Hello Alex, Sorry to hear that. I am talking in general rather than this specific setup, but I fail 9 out of 10 times. I think of it as normal with bird photography. It is not something that comes across on RUclips. Hard to make a film on failure. If I was there watching you setup I might be able to make suggestions, but it is likely to to be in your arrangement rather than camera settings. Perch to close to feeder and they do not open wings, but too far away and they go off route. A narrow restrictive take off perch maybe. I would be watching the birds and making adjustments as I go. Why are they not going straight! is what I would be asking myself.
Another great video. Your idea of having the perch lower than the feeder makes so much sense. I had the perch higher and now see why so many of my shots have the wings closed. Do you like the OM System RM-WR1 wired remote? I like this as I can still do pro capture while looking at the action and not having to have my finger on the shutter button. Thanks again for the great video.
It seems that most lenses nowadays have something to adjust focusing distance limiter. My tamrons and sigmas have a device to connect them to a PC and use their utility. Though I don't know how to do the same for my nikon lens.
Amazing educational video Mike! Thank you so much for your time and efforts. I'm going to try tomorrow with my R7 which has a similar feature. I'm not sure how how Canon calls it though :) My only concern is that electronic shutter won't work to properly capture wings on the R7. It has a very slow readout speed. I'll have to use the mechanical shutter which hopefully won't be too disturbing for birds.
great video and photos Mike ! please specify your C-AF tracking sensitivity settings for this kind of shooting, also , do you use C-AF or C-AF-TR ? thank you.
Small birds are harder than large and birds coming towards you are harder than across so it really is pushing the limits of what can be done. I have successes with some species, but in the setup described in this film I would be going for manual trap focus.
🤣🤣🤣 i was experimenting with focus limiter with the om-5 & later forgot i had it engaged...hence everything was scunnered until the lightbulb went on, focus limiter, remember to turn it off! 🙈
Yes that is a problem. My solution is to make good use of the C1 to C4 options. Switch the camera off and on and it goes back to my standard settings and any changes such as focus limiter are gone.
Putting things in safe places is dangerous! I've done it as well - with a telescopic magnet for example. I'd found just the right place to keep it! It took me weeks to find it again when I needed it! In fact I didn't find it until I'd given up and bought a new one. By the way: Around 9:41 I thought for a second you had icicles on the bottom of the camera, or maybe it had grown a beard? Then a second later of course I saw it was only the birch in the background.
@@MikeLaneFRPS I put a video camera in a safe place and it‘s just recently turned up again, over a year later! At least it was safe. I‘ve found the best way to find these safely „lost“ items is just to order a replacement. Then they normally reappear like magic 😖 Great tips and images as usual.
Your plastic feeder attachment might be IN your camera bag, maybe the bottom. You'd have put it there because it takes almost no room. I have lost such things in the same way, notably home made flash reflectors 😂
Hi Mike. Interesting, I have used similar techniques yet a tad different when photographing hovering tits and nuthatches. I also took advantage of the digital focuser limiter to assist the camera's AF. I set it to cover a focus plane something +/- 20 cm from the expected hovering spot. Works a treat. That was with the EM1.X, I would have got even more keepers with the OM-1 I suppose.
That cardboard trick is something I’m going to try. Thanks for the idea, and very nice images.
Hope it works well.
멋진 아이디어입니다.
새사진 촬영을 위해서 배울 것이 많은 영상이군요 😀
yes mirrorless always have that focus issue, Ryan Mense recommends just pointing at the mid ground and it also serves to wake up the camera from sleep mode. you get in the habit of constantly doing this
Brilliant. Nice tip about having the feeder higher.
Thanks Roger
I’ll be watching for that episode next week!
Thanks, Mike, for another informative video and some great BIF pictures.
You are welcome
I have a couple of those "very safe and secure places" somewhere also!
Great information and top notch 👍
Thanks
Pro capture is a game changer for birds in flight and your idea with the cardboard is a winner always works.
Thank you.
Fantastic video.
Thank you
Your tips on how to make bird behave as you'd like are GENIOUS! Pure gold! I am so gratefull that you share your knowledge with us.
Your're welcome
i love the videos. keep them coming
Trying.
Cracking video Mike: thanks for the tips.
Welcome
Thanks Mike your video's are invaluable to us Olympus user's trying to set up a bird feeding station in my garden great tips as always 👍
You are welcome.
Great advice as always from the sage
Thanks
Excellent video once again. I love the nuthatch shot.
Thank you.
Thanks Mike: A few really good tips both on autofocus and in herding the birds where you want them in the picture.
You are welcome.
Exelent video Mike. Many thanks 💪
Thank you.
Absolute top notch quality work. Why on earth you’re not an ambassador I have no idea!
I do not feel there is an advantage to being an ambassador to OM cameras. It is not a great deal.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Maybe not a great deal other than recognition of the quality imaging that you achieve with their equipment, certainly some brand ambassadors are no where near the competency levels that you achieve. IMHO you are by far the UK’s best bird photographer (credit where credits due)😀
@@davidosborn3356 I agree where credits due 👍
Nice very well done and amazing results beautiful shots. Like a magician giving away his magic tricks.
Thanks
great ideas and tips, as well as mega marvelous shots, thanks a million.
Welcome
Lovely and perfect simple useful tips as usual..
I adore your dedication and passion for bird photography, and also for sharing simple tips you gathered from your years of experience. !! Cheers.. 🎉🎉🎉
You are welcome
Fantastic and simply.
Thank you.
Excellent video! Mike Lane's videos make Saturday mornings much more enjoyable!
Thanks
Great tips for getting the birds where you want them, doing what you want them to do! I have 'preshotES' on my Fuji X-T5 which does the same sort of thing and it's great fun to use. Can only use it on electronic shutter though, not mechanical, which sometimes causes a bit of rolling shutter which is not so good.
Surprised. I thought rolling shutter was a thing of the past.
@@MikeLaneFRPS I'm going by the Fuji X-T2 camera that I upgraded from so I expect you're right. I've just realised I haven't noticed it in my more recent images so perhaps I had better retract that comment!
Lovely pictures.
Thanks
Fascinating. Superb images.
Thanks
If you used a £10.000 Camera you could not take better images than these they are really superb Mike,, when people say Micro 4/3 is inferior they need to take a look at this Video, Brilliant.
All camera produce great pictures. Light is the most important element and it is free!
Nicely done with some great tips.
Thank you.
Another great video... but you're giving away all of what I thought were MY secrets! I love using the ProCapture mode with my OM-1 and have captured bird images that would have been impossible before - just like you said. Looking forward (as usual) to your next video!
I wonder what the next OM camera will offer.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Great question... It's difficult to imagine a more capable camera than the OM-1. More megapixels, perhaps, but there are technical problems with getting more megapixels in a MFT format. Fun to dream!
great shots and great video
Thank you
Brilliant information as ever Mike. Wonderful shots.
Thank you
This year I've counted 7 singing greenfinches within a mile of my home and even have a pair coming to my garden feeders.
Three years ago the count was zero fingers crossed they are recovering?
I use canon and am really getting frustrated at the lack of useful functions on them especially the focusing limit on the lens.
The OM system is getting more tempting every video of yours I watch
You are lucky.
great video mate👍
Thank yoy
Cracking birds in flight shots Mike. I presume these were with Bird Af ?
Yes they were
Excellent advice has always Mike .... thank you
Welcome
Very nice shots! Looking forward to the video on the focus limiter. In some situations it's very useful, especially when used in conjunction with Pre-MF and the various ON settings assigned to a button so you can scroll through the options.
Hi Mike. Thank you very much for all this valuable information. A query. Would it be possible to get your settings for pdf bird photos, for birds in flight (C1), perching birds (C2), and procapture birds in flight (C3)?
Love your videos and knowledge,I have been admiring your work for the last 20 years but am frustrated to see how easy these modern cameras make capturing small birds in flight....I still use 6 flashguns,7 pocket wizards and a remote beam breaker along with about 8 tripods! The main advantage is that I can use asa100 at F11 or F16 and still get 1 / 10,000th of a second. I also use manual focus lenses! 😀
I did enjoy the old days of film more than digital photography.
Hi Mike. Big fan of your work and one of the reasons why I bought the OM-1. Can't quite stretch to a pro lens, yet. Maybe the 300m f4 at some point - so I need to temper my expectations. I've not yet tried out Pro Capture. Do you use Back Button Focus? How does Pro Capture work with that, does it still require the half press of the shutter after locking focus with the back button, or does the pro capture start when you've locked focus?
I don't use back button focus but to use pro capture you need to half depress the shutter release button
Mike
Another great video, I look forward each Saterday for your tips.
Can you tell me do you zoom tight on the bird and then pan or do you have the bird in focus on one side of the frame and crop in in post.
I have the bird in focus on the side of the frame and hope to keep the frame when he is fairly central, but have to consider which frame has the best wing position too. I try and avoid cropping or at least keep in minimul.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks Mike, due to a medical problem I am unable to travel so hope to give this a try in the garden. Live not far from you B75.
really enjoyed this. can you do pro capture hand held?
Yes no problem
Excellent video inspiring, is that your own area or a public area?
It is private land that I have permission to be on.
Absolutely stunning! Getting those birds with the wings outstretched. And always graciously sharing how to go about it. Will look forward to your next one to learn how useful the manually dialed in focus delimiter works. Have heard this feature being discussed on the OM System Channel All about focusing episode aired recently
Thank you.
The one feature I would love on the Sony A1 . However you do get very good at anticipation without this feature . Thanks for reminding me what I am missing Mike 😢
Sony are sure to include it soon
@@MikeLaneFRPS 🤞
Hi Mike. Just watched your video filled with great tips and pictures. I have just spent the day in the garden trying the same. My success rate was awful. I am using the settings you suggest but the only shot i get in reasonable focus is the take off shot. As soon as the bird moves the camera does not seem to be able to focus on it. I had more take off shots with sh1but out of several thousand images not one in focus using sh2. Any suggestions? Cheers and thanks for your excellent videos.
Hello Alex, Sorry to hear that. I am talking in general rather than this specific setup, but I fail 9 out of 10 times. I think of it as normal with bird photography. It is not something that comes across on RUclips. Hard to make a film on failure.
If I was there watching you setup I might be able to make suggestions, but it is likely to to be in your arrangement rather than camera settings. Perch to close to feeder and they do not open wings, but too far away and they go off route. A narrow restrictive take off perch maybe. I would be watching the birds and making adjustments as I go. Why are they not going straight! is what I would be asking myself.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks Mike. I will try my set up again and pay more attention to the route they use to fly in. I will get them in the end! Cheers.
Another great video. Your idea of having the perch lower than the feeder makes so much sense. I had the perch higher and now see why so many of my shots have the wings closed. Do you like the OM System RM-WR1 wired remote? I like this as I can still do pro capture while looking at the action and not having to have my finger on the shutter button. Thanks again for the great video.
I have a third party wired remote and it does have the advantage you mention.
It seems that most lenses nowadays have something to adjust focusing distance limiter. My tamrons and sigmas have a device to connect them to a PC and use their utility.
Though I don't know how to do the same for my nikon lens.
Does seem to be a growing number of lenses with this facility.
Thanks for sharing Mike, I was trying that out the other day, and I think you sorted it out for me had the takeoff post too close to the feeder.
It is a balacing act. The further the perch is away the more the bird may go off route!
Amazing educational video Mike! Thank you so much for your time and efforts. I'm going to try tomorrow with my R7 which has a similar feature. I'm not sure how how Canon calls it though :) My only concern is that electronic shutter won't work to properly capture wings on the R7. It has a very slow readout speed. I'll have to use the mechanical shutter which hopefully won't be too disturbing for birds.
I keep hearing talk of rolling shutter. I thought it was a thing of the past.
Yes , we all put stuff in a safe special place and never find it when we need it. When you are not looking for it you will find it.
great video and photos Mike ! please specify your C-AF tracking sensitivity settings for this kind of shooting, also , do you use C-AF or C-AF-TR ? thank you.
Might be worth watching this film. ruclips.net/video/heazj147p4Q/видео.html
I go into all the AF settings.
@@MikeLaneFRPS thanks.
Have you loaded the 1.5 firmware, I think they've done a bit more with video auto-focus and other related things.
Not had time. As it can go wrong I like to wait until I have a week or two to put it right
@@MikeLaneFRPS So do I.
Beautiful photos. I also shoot with the OM1, but when small birds fly towards the camera isn`t fast enough. Is that your experience too?
Small birds are harder than large and birds coming towards you are harder than across so it really is pushing the limits of what can be done. I have successes with some species, but in the setup described in this film I would be going for manual trap focus.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Thank you
Thanks for watching
🤣🤣🤣 i was experimenting with focus limiter with the om-5 & later forgot i had it engaged...hence everything was scunnered until the lightbulb went on, focus limiter, remember to turn it off! 🙈
Yes that is a problem. My solution is to make good use of the C1 to C4 options. Switch the camera off and on and it goes back to my standard settings and any changes such as focus limiter are gone.
just like your fotos your mind is tack sharp 🦅😎 thanks
Putting things in safe places is dangerous! I've done it as well - with a telescopic magnet for example. I'd found just the right place to keep it! It took me weeks to find it again when I needed it! In fact I didn't find it until I'd given up and bought a new one.
By the way: Around 9:41 I thought for a second you had icicles on the bottom of the camera, or maybe it had grown a beard? Then a second later of course I saw it was only the birch in the background.
Gets worse with age
@@MikeLaneFRPS don't I know it. I'm 63.
@@MikeLaneFRPS I put a video camera in a safe place and it‘s just recently turned up again, over a year later! At least it was safe. I‘ve found the best way to find these safely „lost“ items is just to order a replacement. Then they normally reappear like magic 😖
Great tips and images as usual.
Your plastic feeder attachment might be IN your camera bag, maybe the bottom.
You'd have put it there because it takes almost no room.
I have lost such things in the same way, notably home made flash reflectors 😂
Wish it was.
Hi Mike. Interesting, I have used similar techniques yet a tad different when photographing hovering tits and nuthatches. I also took advantage of the digital focuser limiter to assist the camera's AF. I set it to cover a focus plane something +/- 20 cm from the expected hovering spot. Works a treat. That was with the EM1.X, I would have got even more keepers with the OM-1 I suppose.
I keep saying I am going to use the focus limiter more, but then forget.
Perhaps you left your lid in your invisible hide?
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