An old photographer told me to move the focus button to the thumb (separate it from shutter). Would you recommend that too? It does help for more creative shots and keeping the focus while things are passing by in front of the camera.
@@johnkofi-theultimatelife1315 Very helpful to be able to make the focus button separate from the shutter button. I think I have a video about back button focus!
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Spot on Paul. I always prepare my foot placement to easily rotate in 2 directions comfortably and smoothly. I always move my focus point mostly in baseball/softball. If I am shooting the batter, catcher and ump. I move the point left to be sure my batter us sharpest. Then move it back to the center a little up just for the batter. Finally, I learned by my mistakes on the second camera. I have preset my second camera with wider lens I use mostly for post game celebrations etc...Problem has been, when I preset it, it was light. At the end of an exciting game and instant celebrations begin, I have to pull out the second camera, wake it up and now it needs all new settings for night. Now during the 4th quarter, I pull it out and take a few shots toward the end and now I am ready for any possible celebrations. Thanks for all your tips.
Great point about changing the settings on the second camera as well! Sometimes I'll set it to aperture priority mode so it will at least be in the right ballpark if the light has changed a lot. Thanks for watching!
Great video! I use something similar for dual cameras where I prefocus the second camera for 4x4 racing: a400 mm for when the cars are farther away and a 18-135 for when they hit a corner turn
I'm using a 1D mark 4 and a 1DX at work with a 300mm and 200mm lense. Ive noticed what I find the hardest is autofocusing in the subject. any tips? I miss so many shots due to not being able to properly focus.
I’ve tried moving my focus points (called flexible spot for Sony) when shooting baseball but have struggled some with moving it fast enough as the players move. Besides the ability to frame the photo differently by moving a focus point to a side is there any big disadvantage to just using center focus and making the center of the frame where I want to focus? Willing to work more on moving the focus point if there is a true benefit, but center has been working for me so far. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I don't think it is bad to leave it in the center at all times. For me there are a few scenarios I've shown where I move it around. Other than those it is in the center. You can leave it in the center all the time and shoot a little wider, then crop to the composition you want.
