Patrick and I have done well with Tracking Flexible Spot M with the 7r iv … So yes, different.

I should get some good chances with eagles on the ground hopefully in fresh snow 🙂

We are close on the guide.

with love, a

Generally, I don’t use tracking mode with the a7riv for BIF or perched birds for the reasons I mentioned; the tracking box doesn’t stay on the intended target location. Say for example, I am 30’ away from a large bird such as a preening sandhill crane and use small/medium flexible spot in tracking mode. If I lock the af on the bird’s face/eyes, it quickly jumps to the bird’s body. This occurs with an af sensitivity of 1 (locked on). Instead, I am forced to use small flexible spot, non-tracking and do mY best to move it around.

For BIF, I’ve tried wide, zone, center tracking and while the box generally followed the subject, the af hit rate was poor. Consequently, I found wide (non-tracking) was best for BIF whereas small spot was best for perched subjects. It seems to me that the af is more accurate in animal mode with eye detect on though the tracking modes are disabled with these settings in the a7riv unlike the a9. I suspect this is due to the comparatively slower read rate and processing speed of the a7riv. Have your observations been different?