Round 5 - Motion - Discussion Thread - Page 17

not spavin · 25th May 2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperKev

Although this months theme is an absolute corker and the entires so far have been top notch, it isn't half showing up my frigging shortcomings!!

I've had some canny ideas this month and have been out now about 5 times and I'm not happy that happy with any of my efforst so far.

I've popped some of them on to Flikr but will keep bashing away at the weekend in hope that I get something right

Some nice stuff there marra (this is my fave), though I agree that the theme is quite technically challenging.

Shooting moving objects is very tricky. The one piece of advice I'd give you is to set your focusing to AF-C (you're currently using AF-A).

Do you know when you half-press your shutter button and the camera focuses? Well setting it to AF-C means that your camera is constantly refocusing on the moving subject as your track it, providing you have the shutter button half pressed.

AF-C = Auto Focus - Continuous. AF-A = Auto Focus - Auotmatic. In other words, AF-A means your camera is guessing what you are trying to shoot. AF-C is tailor-made for shooting moving objects.

Clear as mud, eh?

There's a good guide here to tell you how it works on a D5000.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d5000/af-settings.htm

SuperKev · 25th May 2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by janiep

SuperKev, some nice ones there, keep at it

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cheers Janie - I'm going to keep having a bash around the same themes to see if I can get a one to put in the compo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by not spavin

Some nice stuff there marra (this is my fave), though I agree that the theme is quite technically challenging.

Shooting moving objects is very tricky. The one piece of advice I'd give you is to set your focusing to AF-C (you're currently using AF-A).

Do you know when you half-press your shutter button and the camera focuses? Well setting it to AF-C means that your camera is constantly refocusing on the moving subject as your track it, providing you have the shutter button half pressed.

AF-C = Auto Focus - Continuous. AF-A = Auto Focus - Auotmatic. In other words, AF-A means your camera is guessing what you are trying to shoot. AF-C is tailor-made for shooting moving objects.

Clear as mud, eh?

There's a good guide here to tell you how it works on a D5000.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d5000/af-settings.htm

cheers mate and will try that setting at the weekend - the link is canny as well

not spavin · 25th May 2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperKev

cheers mate and will try that setting at the weekend - the link is canny as well

I didn't realise the D5000 has an 11 point focus system. That's really impressive, my D40 only has 3.

SuperKev · 25th May 2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by not spavin

I didn't realise the D5000 has an 11 point focus system. That's really impressive, my D40 only has 3.

It came in very handy for last months compo when I was trying to get penshaw monument more in focus when shooting from the viaduct (seeing as that some inconsiderate engineer/architect had the line going away from the hill instead of [in my vision] straight towards it.

AB22 Easy Tiger · 25th May 2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperKev

It came in very handy for last months compo when I was trying to get penshaw monument more in focus when shooting from the viaduct (seeing as that some inconsiderate engineer/architect had the line going away from the hill instead of [in my vision] straight towards it.

What a bastard's trick