Thanks Dylan

Thanks Cheiko

Thanks for your kind words Mark. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi Pigeonmania, Thanks for watching. Yes, focus is always an issue with fast moving subjects. I only ever use manual focus and would never recommend autofocus in these situations. To maintain focus, I rely on the "peaking" feature of the camera, which displays the objects which are in focus in red when looking through the viewfinder or at the monitor. Many cameras manual focus system is "focus by wire" where the focus is electronically adjusted when your turn the focus ring. I would avoid these cameras and try and use cameras with a mechanical focus system, for example, Canon cameras and lenses are all mechanically focused. The mechanical system is also important when you turn the camera on and off as the focus remains where you left it. If you prefer to use a monitor rather than a viewfinder, the Ninja V is fantastic. It has all the peaking features, is very bright and reasonably priced. In terms of cameras I would recommend, I think the Panasonic GH5 is a great all rounder (with their 100-440 lens) however, this lens is no use for fast moving birds in flight as it's manual focus is "focus by wire", ie electronic. Given this, I use my GH5 with a metabones adapter and my Canon lens. This means I get the benefit of the smaller sensor (2x magnification) to use with lenses than have a "mechanical" manual focus. To take things further, I then use my Ninja V monitor/recorder, which enables me to record footage at 10 bit rather than the 8 bit the camera records. I think this combination would suit you well at a reasonable price point. If you don't use Canon lens, Metabones make adapters for many other lens companies. Finally, I would recommend you buy the very best fluid head tripod you can afford. It will last a lifetime and make your footage look professional. I hope this information helps and all the best in keeping up with those peregrines - I know it's not easy!

​@@FilmingWildlife Thank you very much for your thoughts. Ninja V looks very interesting, I will learn about it. After watching a few reviews, it looks like you don't even need a hood outdoors for it - so good it is in sunlight. I would definitely buy a tripod but I still need to look at options - until now I avoided it because I need to move a lot and I don't even know how I could use it when filming the sky above not at the horizon, with many scenes right above my head. Anyway, handheld and using the viewfinder is a pain, imagine keeping the camera on your face, looking at the sky right above you and going in circles a few times - getting dizzy guaranteed. I had a feeling from reviews that Canon focuses better in general but I don't know how I could be able to constantly focus manually on very fast tiny subjects with a lot of jumping around vertically but also non linear, with depth suddenly changing all the time - I can only imagine I would always have a delay with manual focus. This is why I thought the best/fastest result would be in autofocus with a maximised depth of field. In many situations my iphone focuses and maintains the focus better than the Sony RX which is ridiculous and might mean I need to learn more about the technical aspects. I am new to this, I did a few videos mainly for friends at first but the interest for birds of prey attacks is bigger than I ever imagined so I feel the need to present the scenes better. I've been fascinated by raptors since I was a kid, they were the "monsters" that took my pigeons. Getting older, unlike some fanciers I understood the role of raptors in nature and decided that the best way to defend is to create better adapted birds which translates in better agility, body size, temperament and immunity - I find it fascinating that from a flock of healthy birds, the falcons usually picks one that had a health problem 2-3 months ago, like reading its medical file. That is after all a good thing for the genetic pool of the prey.

Thanks for your supportive comments Joseph.

Thanks for your positive feedback. It's great to be using the camera gear again after such a long break and to get out amongst nature.

Thanks Pauline. Yes, finding the Letter Winged Kites was very exciting.

@@FilmingWildlife is it a desert? ????

Thanks Alistair.

Thanks Alistair.

That's very kind of you - thanks.

Thanks.

Filmed with the Panasonic Varicam HS, which has two internal recorders operating within the camera at the same time. One recorder can record up to 240 fps whilst the other records at "normal" frame rates. So it's relatively easy to combine the two speeds together to get the desired result of the bird flying at normal speed, and then show the slow motion footage when required. Filmed by myself from a hide. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Barry.

Black falcon chasing a parrot, I think.

Thanks for watching. We filmed all of this footage near Serpentine, Victoria.

@@FilmingWildlife Thank you, Lovely country through there!

Thanks Akos. Glad you enjoyed watching.

Yes, it's pretty special Akos. I love filming the Spotted Harrier as it slowly glides over the cereal crops, but my favorite Aussie raptor is the White Bellied Sea Eagle, followed by the Black Falcon. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Stephan.