Back Button Focus
Jul 7, 2018 00:59:39 #
I tried it... missed a few first shots other people picking up my camera got crap... old dogs new tricks. I have both of them set, but will probably stick with the shutter button.
Jul 7, 2018 01:41:11 #
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Jul 7, 2018 04:18:48 #
Angel Star Photography
Loc: Tacoma, WA
MissSue wrote:
I tried it... missed a few first shots other people picking up my camera got crap... old dogs new tricks. I have both of them set, but will probably stick with the shutter button.
Hmmm... I think I would reconsider. It seems that if other people pick up your camera and get crap then the back button focus is an added "security" feature...no surprising photos of oneself in precarious poses.
Jul 7, 2018 09:32:17 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
stanco wrote:
Where is this BBF button on my D5100?, Nothing there!
AE/AL button - custom settings menu, c1, shutter release set to Off
Jul 7, 2018 12:51:11 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
I've used bbf for years now and I love it. I will NEVER go back to the press half way down (because I'm ham-handed and would take out of focus photos!!!!). It's not that difficult to master. I, too, am retired.
Jul 7, 2018 13:34:30 #
leftj wrote:
Welcome to the hype of bbf. There are very few situations where bbf makes sense. Mostly as you have discovered it is a nuisance.
I used to think that same thing and would have agreed with you, but once I got used to it, now it makes perfect sense and it is sooooo much easier to stay focused. By holding down the button, I don't lose my focus point or settings like I did when I was using shutter release because after you've taken the picture, you may lose the focus and have to start all over again.
Jul 7, 2018 14:01:49 #
inclinerr wrote:
The aircraft is a T45 Buckeye 2 seat jet trainer used by the US Navy and Marines for training new pilots.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=2000&ct=1
To Everyone:
Thank-you for posting all of your wonderful comments, web tutorials, and instructional advice.
Also thank-you for your comments about the 3 pictures I have included.
Now onward to practice, shoot, practice, shoot, practice and shoot.
Here is a dragonfly captured with BBF.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=2000&ct=1
To Everyone:
Thank-you for posting all of your wonderful comments, web tutorials, and instructional advice.
Also thank-you for your comments about the 3 pictures I have included.
Now onward to practice, shoot, practice, shoot, practice and shoot.
Here is a dragonfly captured with BBF.
Kinda crappy focus, Here's a butterfly captured without BBF
Jul 7, 2018 14:03:06 #
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Jul 8, 2018 15:38:31 #
Angel Star Photography wrote:
Hmmm... I think I would reconsider. It seems that if other people pick up your camera and get crap then the back button focus is an added "security" feature...no surprising photos of oneself in precarious poses.
you know, that was one of the reasons for doing it in the first place, that and keeping focus... just not sure my focus was as sharp with bbf... lol. It's always an option :)
May 13, 2022 12:37:22 #
May 13, 2022 13:19:56 #
Orphoto
Loc: Oregon
DPFotoZ wrote:
Only way to shoot!
Only way to shoot!Congrats on resurrecting a thread that has been in the deep freeze for 5 years.
May 13, 2022 22:59:18 #
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