On 12/7/2014 6:45 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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Perhaps I should try your style of shooting with focus on the shutter button but I've had them separated so long it
would take a long time to adapt.
And I never could adapt to your way. The 60D even has a button in exactly the right place; I tried again, but it didn't
work for me.
I was actually taught to to separate them since autofocus isn't instantaneous and doing it quickly can give the camera
a chance to focus on the wrong thing.
I'm not sure what you mean here. You are still using AF to get close, then fine tuning by hand, or still using AF, but
carefully? Then not changing focus until you feel it's needed.
The advantage comes from the fact that refocusing is often not necessary.
That's true of the way I do it, too. Tap Fn2, next to the shutter button, and it doesn't refocus until I tap it again.
Seems like two routes to much the same thing. Once you've AFed, with the separate button, and once I've AFed, with
half-press of shutter, and Fn2ed, we are in exactly the same shooting situation.
I do know that I like mine because I can grab the camera, point and shoot, without an extra step when I see something
fleeting. I never leave it in MF when not actively in use - except by accident. ;-)
I Do It My Way Moose
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