Focus

[Paul]

What do you other toggers do when it comes to focus points?
I pretty much leave the centre AF point on all the time with the exception of landscape shots. Is this the norm?

[badbadman]

I have my camera set up to shift mine if needed, I also have focus lock active.

Doing landscapes I tend to focus for the foreground object and let the DOF of the 10-20mm do the rest.

With the street and candid photography I move it to whichever one is most useful, tend to put main subject on an intersection of thirds. :top:

[Pipeman]

What do you other toggers do when it comes to focus points?
I pretty much leave the centre AF point on all the time with the exception of landscape shots. Is this the norm?

I always use the centre point but having focussed on the item I wish to be supremely sharp, I then recompose the image with the button half down.

For landscapes and a wide lens, I would focus close and leave the rest to DOF, as Stewart does.

[Paul]

thanks for the replies :top:


I then recompose the image with the button half down.


yes, that's what I usually do too

[Marvin]

Same here. I'm from that time when we had a split prism in the middle and we would manually focus using that, then recompose. I'll bet Ron knows what I mean :o. Nowadays we have autofocus but I still have to learn what the other 50 focus points will do. :p

[Paul]

blimey, that is a lot of focus points :shocked:

[badbadman]

Same here. I'm from that time when we had a split prism in the middle and we would manually focus using that, then recompose. I'll bet Ron knows what I mean :o. Nowadays we have autofocus but I still have to learn what the other 50 focus points will do. :p


I remember split focussing too, my Praktica STL1000 was a full manual too so no AP or SP modes either and just a 50mm lens.

I was only 17 though and my next camera was the Canon T90 (yes I used to own a Canon but I saw the error of my ways). :)

[Ray.Crabb]

I have a Praktica and a couple of lenses in my attic. Not sure which model though. Maybe I should get it out and find some film.

:confuse:

[Pipeman]

Same here. I'm from that time when we had a split prism in the middle and we would manually focus using that, then recompose. I'll bet Ron knows what I mean :o. Nowadays we have autofocus but I still have to learn what the other 50 focus points will do. :p

We now have Servo focussing so that follow focussing for sport, which could be quite difficult, is not necessary either!

[benjiblanco]

(split this into a new thread btw, for ease of reading)

I 100% recommend back button focussing.

It may sound like complete complicatedness awkward unnecessary waste of time to bother about hassle :D, but after about an hour, you will wonder how you ever managed without.

It gives me, auto single, auto constant and manual focus without having to change anything on my cam :top:
To single focus i just push my thumb in once, to constant I hold my thumb on, to manual I dont use my thumb. To lock focus i just recompose and dont use the focus button.

My only decision is 1 or multi point. 99.9% of the time im on 1, but just cos of what i shoot 99.9% of the time doesnt consist of moving objects!

[flook]

how long before you stopped "forgetting" about the back button and cursing when nothing happened when you half pressed the shutter release :)

FWIW, I agree 100% :cool: