Topic: Need a new camera

Dragonfly in the air. Dont set the bar too high then do you

You are more likely to get a good shot of an F18 flying past at Mach 2 whilst doing a headstand with one arm tied behind your back.

The ONLY flying shots i have witnessed were taken on film and video by a friend of mine in the natural history dept of the beeb in Bristol way back when....and she cheated as they all did in those days and glued one to a stick, waved it in front of the cameras and edited the stick out in post. I know a lot of cheating still goes on, but im not sure to what extent as i dont get to see them much anymore.

Yes, i know if the subject leaves the frame its your fault....i just didnt want to be the one to tell you

Good luck chasing the beastie, ahab

Ok, so I set a custom bank up to your spec and thought I'll give it a go next time out!....... Today we were at Arley Arboretum primarily for the Autumn colours (which still aren't really in evidence yet?) but spotted a little pool with dragonflies!......... In an hour I took ten frames (non of which I'll be posting!.........) But I have to say that using the AF On does have another advantage because in the past I have resorted to going manual for this kind of shot and the AF On gets me close and then I can use manual to "pick up" the subject. Now I don't know if you've tried to take dragonflies but finding them in the viewfinder in the first place is the hard part!..... Watch this space!.......)

Glad i could offer at least something that may have helped out...as yes, i have tried dragonflies in flight and you arent kidding about getting them in the viewfinder. If you train your eyes to work independantly, you can do a basic line up with one eye and have the other eye fine tuning the focus

I cant guarantee that this wont help at all though

Glad i could offer at least something that may have helped out...as yes, i have tried dragonflies in flight and you arent kidding about getting them in the viewfinder. If you train your eyes to work independantly, you can do a basic line up with one eye and have the other eye fine tuning the focus

I cant guarantee that this wont help at all though

Funny you should say that I do spend most of the time with both eyes open!...... But no it hasn't helped YET!........

Andy..........