I love back button focusing, though it is a bit confusing picking up someone else's camera or when they pick up mine.
It seems to confuse the hell out of some people (photographers no less) when they have to press two buttons to get a sharp picture. At least with the K-5, putting it in green mode resets it so my wife and I can get some pictures in focus when on vacation. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:20 PM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw a reference to "Back Button Focus" in the Shroud of Turin thread > and thought I make the comment here. > > After trying Back Button Focus quite some time ago it's become my > preferred method of setting focus on the camera. My eyesight has > demanded the use of auto-focus for many years and I find separating > focus from the shutter button to be a much more natural way to use the > camera. > > Once you focus on a subject, the focus stays put and you don't need to > worry about keeping that shutter button half-pressed. > > Follow-focusing a moving subject becomes a bit easier for a lot of > people. Leave the camera in continuous focus mode, when you're ready > to shoot, let go of the focus button and press the shutter. > > It's one thing that I teach as a "suggested method" in my classes. > It's interesting that people seem to fall into two camps. Some people > get the hang of it right away. Most of that group acts like a light > bulb was suddenly turned on and they wonder why the cameras don't come > set that way from the factory. The other group doesn't find it useful > and wonders why you would ever do such a thing. I don't say either > way is the best way for everyone. It's definitely a personal > preference. > > I do suggest that if you're going to try it, do so for at least a > week. It takes a little while to get used to it and switching back an > forth is confusing for most people. > > For me, it seems very natural to focus with the back-button, the > half-press only effects the light meter, and a full-press fires the > shutter. Maybe it's because I'm an older guy. For the first > thirty-odd years that I used cameras, focus was left-hand, shutter was > right hand. There are a couple of generations of people that have > never known anything but auto-focus cameras. Maybe that separation > from the shutter button seems unnatural. > > gs > > George Sinos > -------------------- > [email protected] > www.georgesphotos.net > plus.georgesinos.com > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
