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I can only guess Nikon have somehtign simmilar but not sure?
Anyway on Canon for SPORTS what are you using?
I have recently changed to
1ST Image priority = RELEASE
2ND Image priority = EQUAL
OK So as far as I can gather the cameras software will check to see if a picture is in focus before letting you shoot in any of the focus priority ie anything to the right) this takes time and in sports photogrpahy half a second is a couple of shots.. the time is even slower in darker situations.. having second priority on focus +2 really slows down the frame rate in poorly lit conditions...
My reasoning is... If I have the focus point on a subject and press my back button..its going to be in focus on a quick 3 shot blast.. I dont want to wait for the camera to decide its in focus before it lets me take a shot.. even a part of a second can make all the difference shooting boxing or basketball or ice hockey... any really fast sport in poor lighting... I am guessing daytime football not as noticable ? maybe have focus priority for good lighting and release priority for poor lights..
As usual this is just my thoughts and reasoning and the way i work.. NOT presented as facts or the way anyone else should do it.. BUT am interested to know what others use and why ?: )
PS I know in other types of photogrpahy focus priorty is a good idea for 1 and 2 .. but fast moving sport and low light ? hmm
thoughts ?
Oh yeagh... I set 2nd priority to focus plus two.. pointed my camera to a really dark place (iso 51200 blah blah) and the shutter was down to about 3 or 4 frames a second... i then set to the above and I got a proper fast frame rate with most in focus OK extreme conditions.. but if you take that to varying conditiosn then it will make a difference.. I guess its how confident you are that you got something in focus and you dont want to wait for the camera to confirm it ? thats my point
Anyway on Canon for SPORTS what are you using?
I have recently changed to
1ST Image priority = RELEASE
2ND Image priority = EQUAL
OK So as far as I can gather the cameras software will check to see if a picture is in focus before letting you shoot in any of the focus priority ie anything to the right) this takes time and in sports photogrpahy half a second is a couple of shots.. the time is even slower in darker situations.. having second priority on focus +2 really slows down the frame rate in poorly lit conditions...
My reasoning is... If I have the focus point on a subject and press my back button..its going to be in focus on a quick 3 shot blast.. I dont want to wait for the camera to decide its in focus before it lets me take a shot.. even a part of a second can make all the difference shooting boxing or basketball or ice hockey... any really fast sport in poor lighting... I am guessing daytime football not as noticable ? maybe have focus priority for good lighting and release priority for poor lights..
As usual this is just my thoughts and reasoning and the way i work.. NOT presented as facts or the way anyone else should do it.. BUT am interested to know what others use and why ?: )
PS I know in other types of photogrpahy focus priorty is a good idea for 1 and 2 .. but fast moving sport and low light ? hmm
thoughts ?
Oh yeagh... I set 2nd priority to focus plus two.. pointed my camera to a really dark place (iso 51200 blah blah) and the shutter was down to about 3 or 4 frames a second... i then set to the above and I got a proper fast frame rate with most in focus OK extreme conditions.. but if you take that to varying conditiosn then it will make a difference.. I guess its how confident you are that you got something in focus and you dont want to wait for the camera to confirm it ? thats my point
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