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Problem acquiring focus

Started May 13, 2018 | Discussions thread
jp4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,202
Re: Problem acquiring focus

cdmazoff wrote:

jp4 wrote:

I don't know how far away your birds were, but perhaps you don't need the focus limit switch set to full.

Thanks for the reply jp4.. I moslty shoot at the full range so I have my focus limit set to full, and this time it was definitely at the long end.

If I think my subjects will be beyond 3m, which they usually are, I set the lens switch to the 3m-infininty mark, the autofocus is better.

Also, I almost always use one point AF. Pump the focus button if it locks onto something other than your subject.

I also use BBF.

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