Hi guys. I saw this video (How To Use AF-On And Back Button Autofocus) where that man talk how to use AF-On button on a camera. How much of you use this technique and how usefull is it?
neuroanatomist said:I use back-button AF. Great for birds (bump-focus), useful for focus recompose. Only downside is if you hand your camera to someone else, but green-square mode cancels back-button AF.
climber said:But if I put it in AI Servo mode, then there is no "beep" confirmation. How do you make sure that the object is in focus when shooting stationary objects?
PS: I have 5D mk III and as I know there is no option to make a beep confirmation in AI Servo mode.
climber said:But if I put it in AI Servo mode, then there is no "beep" confirmation. How do you make sure that the object is in focus when shooting stationary objects?
PS: I have 5D mk III and as I know there is no option to make a beep confirmation in AI Servo mode.
sagittariansrock said:climber said:But if I put it in AI Servo mode, then there is no "beep" confirmation. How do you make sure that the object is in focus when shooting stationary objects?
PS: I have 5D mk III and as I know there is no option to make a beep confirmation in AI Servo mode.
You can use the AF point "blink"- set it to show up before focusing and once it is focused. Then it will blink at the moment it is focused.
climber said:sagittariansrock said:climber said:But if I put it in AI Servo mode, then there is no "beep" confirmation. How do you make sure that the object is in focus when shooting stationary objects?
PS: I have 5D mk III and as I know there is no option to make a beep confirmation in AI Servo mode.
You can use the AF point "blink"- set it to show up before focusing and once it is focused. Then it will blink at the moment it is focused.
I'm not sure but I think that's not possible with AI Servo. Or at least I don't know how to set it.
neuroanatomist said:I use back-button AF. Great for birds (bump-focus), useful for focus recompose. Only downside is if you hand your camera to someone else, but green-square mode cancels back-button AF.
Viggo said:climber said:sagittariansrock said:climber said:But if I put it in AI Servo mode, then there is no "beep" confirmation. How do you make sure that the object is in focus when shooting stationary objects?
PS: I have 5D mk III and as I know there is no option to make a beep confirmation in AI Servo mode.
You can use the AF point "blink"- set it to show up before focusing and once it is focused. Then it will blink at the moment it is focused.
I'm not sure but I think that's not possible with AI Servo. Or at least I don't know how to set it.
AF menu>AF5>AF Point display during focusing>selected(focused)
cervantes said:Hi,
I published an article about Configuring your 5D Mark III AF for fast action.
There is also quite a big section about back-button AF AND a quite different way to use it than most guys do.
You maybe want to check it out!
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9174241280/configuring-your-5d-mark-iii-af-for-fast-action
Greetings!
Me three! I have so many blurry photos of myself that I actually set C3 to Shutter AF+AE, f/8, Auto-ISO, and other settings to make the shots as idiot proof as possibleZen said:Me too!neuroanatomist said:I use back-button AF. Great for birds (bump-focus), useful for focus recompose. Only downside is if you hand your camera to someone else, but green-square mode cancels back-button AF.
mackguyver said:Me three! I have so many blurry photos of myself that I actually set C3 to Shutter AF+AE, f/8, Auto-ISO, and other settings to make the shots as idiot proof as possibleZen said:Me too!neuroanatomist said:I use back-button AF. Great for birds (bump-focus), useful for focus recompose. Only downside is if you hand your camera to someone else, but green-square mode cancels back-button AF.