Woodpecker

Do you have a lens that can be set to manual focus? If so, set it up on a tripod and try using the catch-in-focus facility. The camera can then take a shot everytime a bird lands on the feeder, meaning you can stay on the phone as long as you want! It's how I took this at close range with a 50mm lens.

Great Spotted Woodpecker

(Use a remote shutter release cable with the button permanently depressed. Set the lens to MF. Set the camera to AF and the shutter to burst mode.)

Thanks for the tip, I was at a waterpark at the time and was not expecting a woodpecker. Is that what it comes under in the menu of the KR catch in focus or is it something else ?

Regards Dave

Yes, the catch-in-focus setting. I leave my camera with that option set as I think it only functions when you have a manual focus lens (or a lens set to manual focus).

It's worth playing with if you have a spot where wildlife regularly visits. The birds don't seem to be scared of the camera & tripod, so you can get much closer and use shorter lenses than if you were there.

Cheers bud