PGD Tracker - anyone using it?
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Warren D
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I looked at it a while back. Calibration is the key which I suspect will change with distance, moreso with increasing focal length. Why not just use the LCD? I normally shoot hand held, this just seems awkward.
abc123brian
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I haven’t used it but know a local who uses it all the time and swears by it. If I were shooting mostly BIF I’d probably try it but that is a small part of what I do.
AtTheLake
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I have used it for about 3 years. The first key is to do the calibration for the best compromise distance that you will be shooting at. If I can zero in on the subject while stationary, usually birds, I will use the viewfinder on the camera as my choice for tracking. Where I find the PDG tracker the most helpful is when a bird explodes into flight before I can get set up. For me it is very difficult to find and catch up with a bird as it explodes into flight, especially kingfishers. They are small and fast. The other area where I find it useful is when I have to time the approach of like a crow busing an eagle. The PDG gives me a much wider field of view, so I can start shooting just a head of the arrival of the crow.
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I've seen it used successfully when photographing dolphins that jump unpredictably allowing the photographer to quickly find them and frame a shot.
Marsha Jane
Active member
I searched the forum with this same question - thanks for posting it! Did you get the tracker, and if so, how do you like it?