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Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
I have got good sharp results with the K50/Pentax 55-300 combination but not admittedly in flight shots. I do find that back button focusing helps with wildlife if focus on the shutter button is deactivated; this ensures that the lens doesn't latch onto something else at the last moment. And maybe i...
Posted by RobL on 29/07/2016 - 17:47
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hi Gedski, I appreciate your comment, the Canon lens you mention is £200 cheaper than the sigma lens I used in the shot at new prices, the reason I uploaded it was to show potentially what's achieveable at reasonable investment. Plus also to demonstrate settings wise, what was used, you could ...
Posted by Chrism8 on 29/07/2016 - 18:16
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Glad to see the shot finally appear! :) I agree that the 'consumer level' equipment can deliver the goods, although only generally when conditions are good and things are not conspiring against you. I do feel that the Tamron 70-300mm will continue to be a challenging lens for you for this type of p...
Posted by Chrism8 on 29/07/2016 - 20:12
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
I was brought up on manual focus SLR cameras, inheriting my father's interest in photography but, like him, ending up with technically good, poorly composed snap shots no matter how hard I tried. 😥 What we both used for fast moving objects was manual focus, with the lens set at the approp...
Posted by JohnX on 30/07/2016 - 10:18
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
If you can't get a sharp shot of a seagull (possibly the easiest BIF shot you are ever likely to shoot) with the Pentax gear you already have then personally I would stick with your Canon. The 760D and 70-200mm L f4 are streets ahead of any Pentax camera/lens combo AF wise (especially tracking) H...
Posted by Gedski on 30/07/2016 - 10:32
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Mike-P, My reasons for getting the K-50 are thus. A couple of years ago I had a K-50. I tried and failed miserably to get BIF with it so I went to Canon. Now, with those couple of years further on I have gleaned a little photographic knowledge. I take rather good BIF with my 760D and so I should but...
Posted by Gedski on 30/07/2016 - 13:45
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
So much of this comes down to relative and subjective judgements, and must be placed within the useage context .... the Tamron 70-300 was described earlier as 'mediocre' .... but thats coming from a very particular perspective. My own description of it would be 'excellent' :) ... but ... thats f...
Posted by McGregNi on 30/07/2016 - 16:40
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
I've used and still have the K-30, Tamron 70-300 LD DI and Pentax 55-300 HD WR and very much enjoy BIF's or even dragonflies in flight. The tamron works ok, but even my old Canon 30D and 55-250 canon lens outperforms it's abilities to track moving objects. The tamron is reasonably sharp at 300 F8, s...
Posted by walt on 31/07/2016 - 10:24
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Walt, many thanks for your suggestions. I'll try them out when my camera comes back, probably next weekend and I'll also look at your shots.:)
Posted by Gedski on 31/07/2016 - 12:04
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Walt, I've taken a look at some of your bird shots, there are so many and very impressive they are too. I didn't see many taken with the K-R or the K-50 though, you must have about six cameras, there are so many shots. I'm expecting my K-50 back tomorrow. It seems that I may have been the problem...
Posted by Gedski on 02/08/2016 - 15:13
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hi, I counted 14 in the flickr birds album and another 14 in the picasa birds albums all in flight with that lens. However quite a few are with even older cameras (with poorer af than my K-r and K30), the Pentax K100D and the Samsung GX10 (a pentax K10D clone). I know they are jumbled within the res...
Posted by Gedski on 03/08/2016 - 08:28
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
As promised, here are three of my first efforts with the K-50. They have been cropped and the minimal amount of editing has been applied, mainly because I'm not into the advanced editing stuff. It seems that two of the shots are not properly in focus but this particular bird seems to have been in...
Posted by Gedski on 03/08/2016 - 15:43
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hi Gedski I wonder if the camera has focused on the glass on these examples as none are really sharp, the second image is better thsn the other two, it's also possible you may have some front or back focussing issues which should be able to be sorted, and worth googling. Have you tried shootin...
Posted by Chrism8 on 03/08/2016 - 16:23
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hi Gedski I wonder if the camera has focused on the glass on these examples as none are really sharp, the second image is better thsn the other two, it's also possible you may have some front or back focussing issues which should be able to be sorted, and worth googling. Have you tried shootin...
Posted by Gedski on 03/08/2016 - 17:01
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
At last I seem to be getting somewhere. I've just taken a dozen shots on the back field. Of those six were rubbish and four were 'iffy'. The two above are the best. I've cropped the first by 86% and the second by 42%, I think. They have both been minimally edited with Elements13. I only do minimal b...
Posted by Gedski on 03/08/2016 - 18:11
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
The eye of the pigeon! I got out with the K-50 this morning. Took 64 shots, of which eight were half decent. This is the first of them. I do have some BIF shots but I'm still allowed only one per day until I open my wallet, something I'm not known for, and pay for full membership.:D I think I...
Posted by Gedski on 05/08/2016 - 13:58
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Afternoon Gedski, What were your settings on the Pigeon, it looks to be a fairly small DOF hence the feathers under the eye look quite sharp, but the eye and upper head feathers look as though the sharpness is fading, or your focus point was a fraction off. Have you tried " back button " focus...
Posted by Chrism8 on 05/08/2016 - 14:10
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Afternoon Gedski, What were your settings on the Pigeon, it looks to be a fairly small DOF hence the feathers under the eye look quite sharp, but the eye and upper head feathers look as though the sharpness is fading, or your focus point was a fraction off. Have you tried " back button " focus...
Posted by Gedski on 05/08/2016 - 15:33
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hi, so things are improving? The pigeon is nice and sharp at these sizes and good to hear the principle of keeping the shutter release pressed during and after the lens hunts, seems to be working for you (in AF-C of course). Of the following 3 it's hard to tell how sharp the birds are because of ov...
Posted by walt on 05/08/2016 - 23:09
Birds in flight shots using K-50 and Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.
Hello Perspicador, thanks for your comments. I've looked through your gallery and the best shot I saw, by far is the gull against a clear blue sky that you posted on 20/12/15 at 21:21. I would suggest using the settings for this shot every time the weather conditions are similar, for BIF. The sh...
Posted by Gedski on 13/08/2016 - 11:58
