Canon Sports Lens 70-200 - blur
Sep 17, 2011 02:02:41 #
I have been using a canon 70-200 sports lens - it's amazing but i find at times it's focusing in the way wrong place - in shooting sports i dont have time to use it manually .... any ideas to help fix the focus points?? thanks ...
Sep 17, 2011 08:19:23 #
photomom wrote:
I have been using a canon 70-200 sports lens - it's amazing but i find at times it's focusing in the way wrong place - in shooting sports i dont have time to use it manually .... any ideas to help fix the focus points?? thanks ...
If your camera is set to use "automatic selection" of the focus points, it may be focusing on the nearest, brightest object. There have been many posts about this same subject recently. The gist of it is, most people shooting 'action' shots or the like, recommend setting your focus point selection to 'manual', and selecting the center point.
This ensures that the central object in the frame that you are composing becomes the focal point, and helps it get in sharp focus. Using a small enough aperture (f/5.6 or above) will help keep your depth of field larger too.
The 70-200 can focus sharp enough to cut your fingers, so it's not a hardware problem.
Sep 18, 2011 19:14:15 #
Also on some cameras the center focus point is the only "cross type" focus point which will focus better on moving subjects anyway.
Sep 18, 2011 20:49:38 #
Agree with the above comments. Use your center focal point then the only problem you will have to worry about it making sure to get the center focal point on the subject you want to focus on. Sometimes even with this, the focus can be off onto something behind or beside where you wanted to focus. Nature of the beast with moving objects:)
Sep 18, 2011 20:59:38 #
Check your camera and get rid of the mutiple focus points. I went to a center focus point only and wherever I put the red box that is the center of the pic and where it is focused at. three football pics attached for your review
Sep 19, 2011 12:25:22 #
Dasloaf,
Your pics are great, what camera and lens are you using? I'm looking for a new lens and just wondering what you are using.
Thanks tons!
Your pics are great, what camera and lens are you using? I'm looking for a new lens and just wondering what you are using.
Thanks tons!
Sep 19, 2011 12:29:53 #
Sep 19, 2011 12:36:28 #
here's two for an example - clearly taken boom boom ... one is in focus - the second is focused on the grass .....
Sep 20, 2011 14:16:30 #
you dont say what type camera you have, but the canon 7D has a specific focus point for that purpose - it is the expansion focus that lets you set the focus on a specific subject and it follows them even if they move - pretty cool - i have onlyjust began to experiment with it - but its pretty impressive!
Sep 20, 2011 17:37:08 #
Use the center focus point only and just move with the action. Sometimes you will get it and sometimes if they move a sudden different direction or you move you hand slightly you won't get the right focus. But mostly you will, just practice, practice, practice.
Examples of continuous action shots with the center focus points.
Examples of continuous action shots with the center focus points.
I kept my main focus point focused on the red player
Oct 2, 2013 06:23:05 #
I am revisiting this post as I am having more issues with the grass being in focus than the action - sometimes I wonder if it's because I'm standing on the side and actually aiming down so the grass is closest ?!?! It's becoming an issue that is totally and completely frustrating me. Ideas --- please!! Thanks ...
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