Quote Originally Posted by Sabyasachi Patra View Post
Kaling,
Few things you need to take care:
1. It is better to use your fingers to move the focus ring manually to quickly get the focus plane close to the bird. Then press the auto focus (mostly by half pressing the shutter button) to get the focus.

2. Use the AF limit switch. If the bird is not close to you, then better to use the Limit switch to the farthest point in the lens you are using. Using the full AF range will lead to the lens trying to hunt between the extremes and take more time.

3. Start tracking the bird and the moment it is in the right spot, click. By tracking early, you have got better chance of getting focus.

4. If there is some intervening vegetation and the focus momentarily gets lost or the focus gets locked on the background, then better to use your fingers to manually get the focus. That can be faster then continuing to press the shutter button for AF.

5. There are a few things that can't be taught over net. However, just try the previous suggestions and Practice, Practice and Practice.

Sabyasachi
thank you for the tips.