Back button focus
Aug 2, 2018 06:32:03 #
JD750 wrote:
I went to BBF I have not looked back.
Thanks for the reply. I wasn't sure what you meant.
Aug 2, 2018 08:08:04 #
I've been using bbf for about 2 years now and it was love at first try. Never will i go back to shutter button. Bbf is faster, easy to use whether shooting single shots, continuous mode, there's no way you wont see the benefits of using bbf. Good luck and happy focusing.
Aug 2, 2018 09:17:57 #
One more question for the group. Should you have VR on or off when shooting BBF and hand held?
Don
Don
Aug 2, 2018 09:34:46 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
One more question for the group. Should you have VR on or off when shooting BBF and hand held?
Don
Don
I have VR (IS) on when hand held. No different than having the focus function on the shutter button.
Aug 2, 2018 11:58:14 #
It takes a while to get used to using the "back button" to focus, but once mastered it is the only way to shoot. I am a sports photographer and several years ago I was shooting with my "new" D3 and I was having problems with focusing, I ask a fellow photographer for advice and he told me to use the back focus button. It was great advice. I have been using it ever since.
Aug 2, 2018 12:27:35 #
tomcat wrote:
... But I am left-eyed, so I had to do the FBF thing. ..........
... But I am left-eyed, so I had to do the FBF thing. ..........
Same here. I use BBAF on Lumix and Sony but the
Nikon 610 and 750 have that great front button. I
spoze other models have it too, but never checked.
IIRC the front button was the default DoF preview,
a rather useless concept with today's non-focusing
"focusing" [LOL] screens. If I really do need to see
the DoF, thaz what the LV button is for ;-)
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Aug 2, 2018 12:57:55 #
Hmmm, I believe on my Sony a7riii I can’t use both bbf and half-press focus at the same time without making setting changes. Am I correct?
Aug 2, 2018 13:02:11 #
lookingglass18 wrote:
Hmmm, I believe on my Sony a7riii I can’t use both bbf and half-press focus at the same time without making setting changes. Am I correct?
If so, wouldn't pressing the shutter re-focus after BBF was used?
Would seem counter productive.
Aug 2, 2018 13:30:36 #
Iankahler
Loc: Seattle WA
OK.... so I finally understand the concept of BBF. Obviously I knew the back button was there on my Nikon.... but I just ignored it in favor of semi depressing the shutter button. The manual says... use the AF-L AE-L on the camera to select exposure and recompose, but says very little... in fact nothing about the more creative uses of this feature.
I have obviously missed out on a lot of opportunities by considering this little button as valueless.
Now I feel a new surge of creative experimentation.
Oh the joy of digital!! if I have 200 fails... it doesn't mean a thing.... it has always been about that one shot that stands out above the rest for me.
With this knowledge now.... maybe there will be a lot more keepers. We will see. :)
I have obviously missed out on a lot of opportunities by considering this little button as valueless.
Now I feel a new surge of creative experimentation.
Oh the joy of digital!! if I have 200 fails... it doesn't mean a thing.... it has always been about that one shot that stands out above the rest for me.
With this knowledge now.... maybe there will be a lot more keepers. We will see. :)
Aug 2, 2018 15:02:06 #
Anhanga Brasil
Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil
PAR4DCR wrote:
This has been discussed in the forum but I would l... (show quote)
Thanks for the heads-up on the BBF. Despite having read my T6 manual many times since january,
I was not aware of that feature. The explanation at the manual is amazingly poor. But I did test it
and it worked as predicted here. Great tip for birds and sports, well, movement in general.
Aug 2, 2018 15:33:41 #
Eric Bornstein wrote:
I use BBF. I have used it 100% since I 'saw the light'. I use a Nikon D500 with Nikor lenses. I do shoot amateur sport and have had great success with the clarity/sharpness of the images. Truly, it took me a couple of hours to be comfortable with the change. I won.t go back to the shutter release button system.
Same here. It made all the difference in the world in the sharpness of my images. However, I had to program the front Fn button so that I now have FBF because I am left-eyed. I also set up the shutter to the "release" function so that now it fires whether or not there is an acknowledgement---got this tip from Steve Perry's video.
Aug 2, 2018 15:41:48 #
If I have the back button focus set up on the "AE" button on the back of the camera is it possible to program the front "FN" button to switch between say single focus and 9 or 21 focus points? If so how is it done? Shooting with a Nikon D7100 and D7200.
Don
Don
Aug 2, 2018 15:48:34 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
If I have the back button focus set up on the "AE" button on the back of the camera is it possible to program the front "FN" button to switch between say single focus and 9 or 21 focus points? If so how is it done? Shooting with a Nikon D7100 and D7200.
Don
Don
Not unless the manual says so. The manual gives you all the options available and being a Nikon user, I don't recall ever seeing this option. You'll have to look in the book. Sorry, but I cannot answer that.
Aug 2, 2018 16:07:05 #
Dale Evans - Amaetur
Loc: Baton Rouge, La
I put a tiny piece of tape on the focus button to give it a feel different from the adjacent buttons on my old camera. It might be a tactile help for others. My new camera ahs the focus button placed more uniquely and more certain to find.
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What a great idea, I am going to try it.
Dale
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What a great idea, I am going to try it.
Dale
Aug 2, 2018 16:07:28 #
tomcat wrote:
I had this same problem with out of focus (OOF) images when I first started using BBF. I think it's because when you hurriedly press the BBF button you are pushing the camera body away from your face and thereby causing it to slightly "rock". When I switched to FBF, the camera is now pushed further against my forehead when I press the button, thereby reducing the camera rock and shake. This has eliminated my OOF shots. Try it and see if you don't like it better.
Thanks, Tom. It helps to know I'm not alone. Which front button did you choose on which camera? On my EOS 77D the only front buttons are the shutter button, flash button and DOF Preview button which isn't easily found "blind." The top buttons all serve their original purpose, and I don't want to re-purpose them. Since I realize my problem, I'm training myself to just gently press the rear button and it seems to help. But, your suggestion is great. After 74 years, I'm learning that "Brute Force and Awkwardness," while effective for me, isn't always the answer.
I'm looking forward to learning which button you use.
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