OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

It takes a bit of getting used to, once you do however...you'll never go back.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I tried it and gave up on it. Then I went back to it, got used to it, and now I love it. I can focus on exactly what I want with a single center point. One warning - if you have two similar DSLR, set them both to BBF - or neither. It's also a problem when you give the camera to someone else to take your picture, but I would never do that, anyway.

Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa

I love BBF use it all the time, don't need coffee.

jbhw

How do you use it on a nikon 3200?

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I love back button focus. I put it on all of my cameras EXCEPT the D70s that my wife uses. She didn't like it because she kept forgetting to focus and just used the shutter button. I took the back button focus off for her and she now complains because she doesn't understand that when you push the shutter button halfway it focuses as well as reads the exposure. On mine, you focus with the back button, then you can change your camera aim (keeping the original focus) press the shutter halfway which grabs the exposure setting then (without releasing the shutter) you can either compose the shot or follow through and shoot. It is automatic for me and that allows me to focus on a subject, then move the image so that the focused subject is to the side of the shot, and expose and shoot. Yes, I know that I can put the camera on multiple aiming points or can move the focus / exposure square around the image using the up/down/side to side arrows on the back, but if I do that, then I may have to change it back for the next shot. For me, (because I am used to it) I put the camera on single focus / exposure, point it at the subject press the back button, then aim at the proper spot in the image, press shutter halfway to get exposure, aim for the shot and follow through on the shutter. For me, it is automatic and requires very little concentration. You just have to find what works for you.

PattyW60 Loc: Northwest Illinois

I love using BBF too, but I've discovered that if I'm handing the camera off to someone who isn't used to using it the way I have things set up, I just switch it to the "green box" Auto mode so BBF isn't activated. Works on my 7d mk ii

Orca Loc: Little Egg Harbor, NJ USA

I have tried it on my D5500. My problem is my hand is on the large size and getting my finger to the button for BBF is difficult. Very uncomfortable for me. Might try it again in the future. The D5500 is not great for large hands in the first place. IMO

willviv 59

BBF is great. It reduces the time it takes to focus by a split seconds which can be the difference in getting that awesome shot. Especially in street photography. In my opinion of course

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Use it and learn it for 2-4 weeks and you will never want to use your camera without BBF.
It takes a little getting used to but is well worth the effort.

Best,
Todd Ferguson
Harrisburg, NC

akfishguide Loc: PA

I started using BBF with underwater photography. When you have water surge moving you in and out, using BBF and then just continuously shooting instead of the lag between focussing and shooting gave me a better opportunity to get an infocus shot while I was moving about. It was a learning curve, but once I realized that setting the focus and then moving the camera until the subject was in focus was much faster for me.

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

I'm a "grey beard" too, have tried it and find that for general shooting, my eyes either are no longer good enough or the LCD too small, to see a good sharp focus; I prefer the auto focus. However if I am shooting something close up like a flower and have the damn tripod handy, I may use it occasionally but still don't like it.

tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

I've convinced my whole photo group to use it. It makes so much more sense for the serious photographer. I shoot a lot of panoramas and I just focus once and shoot the images without worrying if the camera is going to change the focus or having to shut auto focus off.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Don't confuse BBF with auto focus. You can use any focus mode with BBF, single shot or continuous. BBF is just controlling when the focusing starts and stops and HOW it starts and stops. BBF has nothing to do with the focus mode you select in my experience.

Best,
Todd Ferguson
Harrisburg, NC