{"id":19219,"date":"2022-06-13T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=19219"},"modified":"2022-06-12T23:37:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T03:37:09","slug":"macro-autofocusing-with-the-sony-a7-iv-some-tests-and-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/13\/macro-autofocusing-with-the-sony-a7-iv-some-tests-and-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Autofocusing with the Sony A7 IV.\u00a0 Some Tests and Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I\u2019ve been changing the way I take macro shots of active insects like bumble bees.\u00a0 Previously I have used magnification and single AF.\u00a0 This works well for slow insects.\u00a0 But not as well for fast moving butterflies and bees.\u00a0 So talking to someone who does a lot macro he recommended continuous autofocus.\u00a0 So I tried it.\u00a0 One problem is that magnified view doesn\u2019t work during continuous AF.\u00a0 But what I did find was that the keeper rate did improve greatly for fast movers like bumble bees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19216\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2505\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748.jpg 2505w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748-1536x782.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07748-2048x1042.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2505px) 100vw, 2505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that got me thinking.\u00a0 A-mount lenses also don\u2019t have magnified view in AF modes.\u00a0 So it occurred to me that these lenses would also become more accurate in continuous AF macro shots.\u00a0 So I tried out the Minolta 200mm f\\4 macro lens and it worked quite well on larger insects like bumble bees and dragon flies.\u00a0 Then I tried it on really tiny flies and this was haphazard.\u00a0 For these I found throwing it into manual focus and using magnified view was the only way to get really tiny critters in perfect focus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19217\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC07838.jpg 1944w, 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