Shooting continuous autofocus, I keep the shutter depressed halfway all the time. Works for sports pics. I don't know if the two button method might be better. I'll have to give it a try. Paul On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:59 PM, George Sinos wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
