Good plan. I will try that, thanks.I don’t know if it’s what you’re trying to achieve but you can do a bit of a hacked trap focus by switching focus to manual and pre focussing where you expect your subject to appear, menu set release priority to in focus. Then lock a remote cable with the shutter constantly pressed. The camera will then only take an image when something walks into focus.
I don’t know if it’s what you’re trying to achieve but you can do a bit of a hacked trap focus by switching focus to manual and pre focussing where you expect your subject to appear, menu set release priority to in focus. Then lock a remote cable with the shutter constantly pressed. The camera will then only take an image when something walks into focus.
Just had a quick look and this may not work on my Lumix G80. Release priority does not seem to be an option in mf. Only in the af options.
I will have a menu trawl.
Brian
Sorry. I said Nikon because as far as I was aware it as a Nikon exclusive. Back then anyway.Ahh. Title said Nikon. Assumed you were using Nikon rather than Panasonic.
I believe it is exclusive to Nikon. When Nikon broke it (around the time of the D800/D7000) they said it was never intended to work that way to begin with. I guess enough people complained long/loud enough...Sorry. I said Nikon because as far as I was aware it as a Nikon exclusive. Back then anyway.
Try this...Just had a quick look and this may not work on my Lumix G80. Release priority does not seem to be an option in mf. Only in the af options.
I will have a menu trawl.
Brian
Ok uncle Bob, I will give it a go.Try this...
Use BBF.
Set manual focus, then switch back to af.
When you press the shutter it will only fire if something is in focus.
Wont have it Im afraid Bob. Even on BBF in MF it fires immediately the button is depressed. I've tried every combination.Try this...
Use BBF.
Set manual focus, then switch back to af.
When you press the shutter it will only fire if something is in focus.
Wont have it Im afraid Bob. Even on BBF in MF it fires immediately the button is depressed. I've tried every combination.
Which Nikon are you using, i had the same thing i think it was the D7200, BBF overrides focus priority, could be a way around it but never got it sorted.
I don't think that matters... if it is switched to MF either on the lens or body, the camera knows... and if it is a manual focus lens, the camera knows.I realised I made an error in my description of the set up earlier in this thread. To get it working on Nikon, you need the body itself to still be set to auto focus (AF-S) but the lens set to manual focus. Leaving the body in manual focus will always fire the shutter at first press as it doesn't require any kind of priority/confirmation.