When Auto Focus is Best
Sep 14, 2019 21:34:18 #
I cannot think of a time that I have told the camera, "you focus for me". Today, I found a good reason to let it do the job. It is the annual salmon run here and I went to a local dam to see if they were jumping. It was too big of an area and predicting where and when one would jump was just not working. So, I put it on full manual. Turns out, it was a good choice. Attached photos are mostly heavy crops.
Sep 14, 2019 21:37:13 #
Sep 14, 2019 22:05:01 #
The last one is really nice.
—Bob
—Bob
justhercamera wrote:
I cannot think of a time that I have told the camera, "you focus for me". Today, I found a good reason to let it do the job. It is the annual salmon run here and I went to a local dam to see if they were jumping. It was too big of an area and predicting where and when one would jump was just not working. So, I put it on full manual. Turns out, it was a good choice. Attached photos are mostly heavy crops.
Sep 14, 2019 22:05:57 #
Sep 14, 2019 22:08:21 #
rmalarz wrote:
The last one is really nice.
—Bob
—Bob
It is my favorite of the group. I posted about 16 of them on FB and they seem to be getting a strong response. Not many get to see them jump, so they like the photos.
Sep 15, 2019 00:04:32 #
justhercamera wrote:
I cannot think of a time that I have told the camera, "you focus for me". Today, I found a good reason to let it do the job. It is the annual salmon run here and I went to a local dam to see if they were jumping. It was too big of an area and predicting where and when one would jump was just not working. So, I put it on full manual. Turns out, it was a good choice. Attached photos are mostly heavy crops.
????Your title states, when auto focus is best, but you did not use auto focus??
Sep 15, 2019 00:18:31 #
speters wrote:
????Your title states, when auto focus is best, but you did not use auto focus??
Yes, I did.
Sep 15, 2019 00:34:01 #
WAstinkbug
Loc: Silverdale, WA, U.S.A.
rmalarz wrote:
The last one is really nice.
—Bob
—Bob
That's my favorite too. What a shot!
Sep 15, 2019 00:59:02 #
justhercamera wrote:
Yes, I did.
Then why did you say you put it in manual (focus)?
Sep 15, 2019 07:33:04 #
speters wrote:
Then why did you say you put it in manual (focus)?
Oh boy, because my brain and fingers disconnected. It was on full auto focus. Thank you for taking the time to question the lack of logic there. Sigh.
Sep 15, 2019 07:43:22 #
WAstinkbug wrote:
That's my favorite too. What a shot!
Thank you, the light hit that fish just right.
Sep 15, 2019 07:50:17 #
justhercamera wrote:
I cannot think of a time that I have told the camera, "you focus for me". Today, I found a good reason to let it do the job. It is the annual salmon run here and I went to a local dam to see if they were jumping. It was too big of an area and predicting where and when one would jump was just not working. So, I put it on full manual. Turns out, it was a good choice. Attached photos are mostly heavy crops.
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