Christine Last year I tried just what you describe. It takes a practice, and it takes a while before it feels normal, but it actually works pretty very well.
I've only had one problem. It is difficult to switch back and forth between focusing methods. My fingers seem to have a mind of their own and I think I'll be better off permanently switching to one method or the other. I have a feeling that once you master the two button method, you'll actually be much faster all the time. gs On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Last Thursday night, I shot my 1st college basketball game knowing full well > I was entering new photographic territory. I put the camera on Continuous > Autofocus (which I often don't use) and happily blundered about. Upon > reflection, staying out of people's way was my greatest achievement that > night. :-). > > After looking at the 150 frames taken, I knew some study was in order and > have since read the chapters on "shooting sports," which I often skip when > reading photography books. > >> From Kobre's book: > > "Many sports shooters use their thumbs on [the autofocus button on the back > of the camera] for focusing while using their forefingers on the front > [shutter] button to take the picture. Holding the back focus button allows > the lens to continue focusing even when releasing the front shutter button > between shooting picture bursts" (108). > > Anybody here use this technique? I thought I might give it a try. > Cheers, Christine > > George Sinos -------------------- www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
