Test/ First Impression S1RII does birds

[Prosecutor]

original:

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 500

crop:

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 500

best crop of the day:

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 800

 

[pdk42]

Very nice. How do you find the AF performance on birds in flight? What is the keeper rate like?

 

[Prosecutor]

My first attempt with the Sigma 150-600 in another place had been rather disappointing. But with the Sigma 500/5.6 the hit rate on this shooting was surprisingly high, about 90-95 %.

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

My first attempt with the Sigma 150-600 in another place had been rather disappointing. But with the Sigma 500/5.6 the hit rate on this shooting was surprisingly high, about 90-95 %.

That's interesting. I've been considering replacing the 150-600 with the 500. Thanks for posting your experiences.

And, nice shots. If you are getting 90% hit rate on that kind of BIF, that's impressive indeed.

 

[NFec]

My first attempt with the Sigma 150-600 in another place had been rather disappointing. But with the Sigma 500/5.6 the hit rate on this shooting was surprisingly high, about 90-95 %.

Last weekend I tried it with my Sigma 150-600 first time as well.
I have to give it another try, because I realized too late, that I made a mistake and the recognition mode was still on Human Body & Face... I switched to animal after a few hundred shots.
The it worked quite well, but most birds were gone by that time .

The 500 f5.6 needs to be really nice...

 

[Prosecutor]

To be honest the black kites have been decoyed, so they came pretty close.

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 640

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 500

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS | Sports 023
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1600 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 1
• ISO 100

 

[Babylonia]

Well, it seems the S1RII does a wonderful job as it comes to "fast" AF and bird tracking.

 

[Raoiley]

Any experience with small songbirds in foliage? Loving the 500, but the s5ii leaves a lot to be desired with focusing.

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

Any experience with small songbirds in foliage? Loving the 500, but the s5ii leaves a lot to be desired with focusing.

I recently captured these images of a Bullock's Oriole with the S1RII, the Sigma 150-600, and the Sigma 1.4x TC. AFC, 10 fps, body (but not eye) animal detection. It did misfocus on some of the shots, but overall I was pretty happy. Click into the images to see the higher resolution versions on Smugmug.

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | S 021 + TC-1411
• 840.0 mm
• 1/800 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 3200

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | S 021 + TC-1411
• 840.0 mm
• 1/800 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 3200

• Panasonic - DC-S1RM2
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | S 021 + TC-1411
• 840.0 mm
• 1/800 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 4000