The Dragonfly (Odonata) is an insect living in the proximity of water with a maximum wingspan of about 19 cm or about 7 inch. They catch their prey – mostly other insects in flight and live as larva in water creeks and lakes. They are super fast and show often nearly erratic flight patterns. This brings into attention two important features of the Z9/Z8 pre capture (a feature that will be available in the Z6 III) and auto capture (let us see whether this feature makes it into the Z6 III).

What is in the video:

Intro: 00:00
Love is in the air: 00:25
Take Offs and Touch Downs: 01:09
In Flight: 02:19
Spider Attack : 02:42
On the Hunt : 03:15
Location Ego to Eco System: 04:40

Love is in the air: Dragonflies have diverse mating rituals from airborne to forming hearts while mating.
Take Offs and Touch Downs: Dragonflies are super fast asking for highest shutters speeds and very high frame rates. The erratic flight pattern can hardly be tracked making prerelease and autocapture an important tool to capture these fast insects in flight. Traditional prefocussing helps as well.
Spider Attack: After their metamorphosis they are very vulnerable to sudden spider attacks.... On the Hunt : However, as skilled hunters they catch their prey mostly in flight patrolling the area for a good catch ! The high demand of energy limits their actions to sunny days with many insects.
Location Ego to Eco System: For this photo shoot I used my wildlife studio turned garden .... transformed into a new eco system for birds and critters.....

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