In AC there is no choice for Bird, just animal. After reviewing my images from yesterday I can only conclude that the moving water tricks the AF, but I would have thought that Animal would have held the bird better. Z9 with Z100-400.
AC set to Distance and Animal Detect. Here with a Cardinal and Black Throated Sparrow from one frame to the next it lost focus. The Sparrow barely moved. The Cardinal a bit more.
I will say it seemed to do better with a larger quail so it could be the size of the bird. First image shows the entire frame and others are zoomed in so you can see better.
If any of you have another ideas let me know.
I am going to try tomorrow to use Auto AF which allows me to block off the Target Area of the fountain.
Cardinal in Focus
Cardinal out of focus
Sparrow in Focus
Sparrow out of focus
AC set to Distance and Animal Detect. Here with a Cardinal and Black Throated Sparrow from one frame to the next it lost focus. The Sparrow barely moved. The Cardinal a bit more.
I will say it seemed to do better with a larger quail so it could be the size of the bird. First image shows the entire frame and others are zoomed in so you can see better.
If any of you have another ideas let me know.
I am going to try tomorrow to use Auto AF which allows me to block off the Target Area of the fountain.
Cardinal in Focus
Cardinal out of focus
Sparrow in Focus
Sparrow out of focus