From: John Sessoms
From: "Christine Aguila"
> 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
I know it's been discussed here several times, at least as far as where
it's located in the special functions menus.
I meant to add that I've been messing with it for about a week and it's
still taking some getting used to. Unless I concentrate, I forget I've
got it set so it only auto-focuses on the back button, and I keep trying
to focus using the half press on the shutter.
It's also not convenient if you are using the battery grip for verticals.
Shooting with the K10D
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