Mishka.
I find this works for me in this type of shot.
I hardly ever use AF-C BTW.
I would set Single focus, centre focus beam, and as the child reaches
the top of the arc, press the shutter to focus,then when the child
returns in the next arc, check again and or just shoot.
Call me off centre, but even when i suppose i should use AF-C in the
horse world, i just follow the subject and repeately press down on the
shutter button, like using a type writer, and is constantly refocuses.
I find i am a lot more sussessfull that way than using AF-C,Pentax or
Nikon bodies..
Thena gain YMMV.:-)
Dave
Failing that, manual as Paul sugested.
Have you checked that your on single focus point, not the multy
pattern. That could fool the camera.
Quoting Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
yes, i had a fixed af point, in the center, and i tried to keep the
kid in the
center of the frame all the time. the lens can focus this close and
much closer
w/o any problems.
i looked at the exif data in the "swing" set of pics, and apparently,
in about 60%
of them, it shows "distant view" focus seting when the kid is at the
closest distance
and "close view" whe he's at the farthest point. so it's the matter of
af-c latency.
unfortunately it doesn't show the exact distance. my guess would be
~1m at the closest
and ~4m at the farthest, with swing period about 2s.
best,
mishka
On 3/20/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Mishka wrote:
> thanks guys, for confirming what i suspected.
> so much for "better living through electricity".
I agree with all the previous posters. I also add that you may have
been too close to focus, Auto or Manual, in which case AF-C just went
for what it could focus on.
Had you fixed the focussing point, or does your camera not offer this?
Kostas
Equine Photography in York Region
