I thought it would be good for anyone who has good success with Birds in Flight shots to share their BIF "Case" settings.
As a reminder, the 3 settings are:
1. Tracking Sensitivity – How fast the autofocus reacts to a new object entering the scene.
2. Acceleration / Deceleration Tracking – How sensitive the autofocus is to objects speeding up and slowing down.
3. AF Point Auto Switching – The speed that the autofocus system switches focus points when AF Point expansion is being used.
Here are the guidelines:
1. Specifiy if this is for a specific type of flight - i.e. steady flight like geese, pelicans, eagles, etc., or sudden darting flight like small passerines, swallows, etc.
2. DO NOT list the Case number. Just specify the 3 parameters in parantheses, like (-1, 0, 0). Since everyone modifies the values in the pre-assigned cases, specifying Case 2 or Case 3 makes no sense.
I'll start.
For steady fliers like geese, eagles, pelicans, etc. I have been using (-2, 1, 1). I have experimented with (-2, 0, 0) and (-2, 0,1) but haven't seen any consistent trends to make any conclusions.
Please contribute and let's see if we can come up with a consensus "best known method."
