Looks like you did just fine! cute little guy....   If I were out shooting I'd try your auto-select trick - or maybe inside in low light when Ashley does something cute. the autor focus on the K-5 is pretty awful

ann


On 4/1/2021 3:47 AM, David Mann wrote:
A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening.  They're a very small 
bird, smaller than a sparrow.  And they don't really stop moving.  You usually 
hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).

These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos.  
Both are very heavy crops, shot at 3200ISO so there's also a bit of noise.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, both 1/500 at f/9.5 handheld.

This AF with this camera/lens combination is terrible for little birds.  The 
only way I can get it to lock on anything but the most obvious targets is to 
let it auto-select its AF point.  In that case it'll focus on any old thing and 
it's a lottery as to whether your subject is actually in focus.  But at least 
it mostly stops hunting.

Cheers,
Dave
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