That is about where I am at. I have done quite an extensive amount of shooting as Paul describes. I've never tried what you posted Christine, but I think I'll try it out to compare results with what I have done in the past. I just shot my daughter's game in very poor lighting yesterday - about 300 shots, using continuous with single AF point selected by me.
I'll let you know how the other method works for me. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 17, 2010, 6:12:29 PM, you wrote: ps> Shooting continuous autofocus, I keep the shutter depressed ps> halfway all the time. Works for sports pics. I don't know if the ps> two button method might be better. I'll have to give it a try. ps> Paul ps> 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.
