Photograph Flying Birds with a Dot Site (Rev. 2023)

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✅✅Revised for 2023,
Jay Pierstorff shows you how to photograph flying birds with a dot sight finder. These devices are slotted in to the flash shoe of any camera that has one, and then you can easily track fast moving objects by looking through the dot sight with both eyes, and keeping the red dot on the subject. Three models are compared. The Olympus EE-1, The Dot Sighter, and a generic one you can assemble yourself. Then learn how to use and calibrate them.
► Timestamps:
00:00 Quick Summary
00:54 Introduction
01:13 What is a Dot Sight and why do I need one ?
02:11 Holding the Camera
02:44 Eye Field of View
03:45 Dot Sight Origin
04:08 Tracking
04:39 Definition of Dot Sight
05:00 Types of Dot Sights
05:19 Flash Shoe Mount
05:30 Olympus EE-1
06:32 Movement in Shoe
07:21 Picatinny/Weaver Rail
07:40 Brightness/Color Controls
08:00 Generic Dot Sight and Adapter
08:30 Calibration
10:23 Continuous Focus Tracking
11:28 Exposure Settings
12:14 The Dot Sighter
13:51 Conclusion
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@rolandrickphotography 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the video, didn't even know those dot sights exist.

@rotarynade 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing! It is super helpful! I do have a question and hope you may help me understand. When tracking a birds in flight, should I place my eye right in front of the red dot sight? If so, how do I monitor the autofocus in viewfinder/backscreen then? I suppose if my eye is super close to the sight I won't be able to check viewfinder/backscreen at the same time.

@JayPierstorff 2 месяца назад

You will need to experiment a little, so that you can see the dot clearly but you can also see with both eyes the location and which way the bird could move. I find my face is back from the camera about 5 to 6 inches. The dot sight is designed to be farther away from your eye and not like the camera's eye viewfinder.

@giannizombie 8 месяцев назад

I have one. I have had some success. What I don't like about using it, is that it only seems to be accurate for the distance range you set it to. For instance, if I calibarate it to a post 100 feet away. If a bird flies in and around 100 feet, works great! But, the more it gets away from that distance, the more inaccurate the site becomes. Again, there are some situation where I knew exactly where the bird was going to be flying, which worked great for that, maybe I'm hoping for too much. Kind of bitter sweet. Or am I missing something, maybe I'm not using it right

@JayPierstorff 8 месяцев назад

I'm not sure what the issue could be. There can be lots of variables including autofocus speed and accuracy, and still not every shot comes out perfect. If I calibrate at 100ft, mine works well from about 30ft to Infinity. You might set up a test with non-moving objects to see what results you are getting, and maybe calibrate on a closer object. I am assuming a lens of 300 - 600mm at f/8 or so.

@papabear7875 8 месяцев назад

What is the difference to use back of the camera LED screen vs Dot Sight nowaday?

@JayPierstorff 8 месяцев назад

The LED screen will only show what the lens sees. So if you have a 400mm lens on your camera, the field of view is magnified but very narrow, making it hard to track the direction of a moving subject. The dot sight allows you to keep both eyes open while using the dot overlay and allows you to use your eyes' 180 degree field of vision to help track movement. The dot sight gives no indication of the field of view of your photo so you do need to check the viewfinder.

@jackriley9673 8 месяцев назад

I use a 600mm for birds and would be really interested in one of these. One thing I am wondering about is if you always have to use the focus point that the sight is calibrated with? Essentially always set it to center point autofocus, or on a “zone” but there is no switching of the focus area once it is calibrated, does that make sense?

@JayPierstorff 8 месяцев назад

The dot sight is calibrated for 50 -100 yards, but it isn't actually controlling your camera, it is just a visual reference. You can always switch to using the camera's viewfinder at any time and change whatever settings you want.

@bobsretirednow Месяц назад

the dit sight is an interesting piece of kit, but using my 500 f4 lens, I always keep my left eye open - that gives me a better field of view but also allows my right eye to take in the viewfinder info and keeps my head close to the camera where it needs to be for stability when and holding. It takes practice but works. The dot sight is great fro astro photography.