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Autofocus most likely limitations, my camera or lens? (Or me!)

Started Jul 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
benjilafouine Veteran Member • Posts: 3,875
Re: Autofocus most likely limitations, my camera or lens? (Or me!)

Have you tried single AF point?  I’m not a BIF specialist as some other people here but I do a lot of birding and CDMazoff, one of our kingpins around here told me to stick with single AF point.

I have no experience with your tamron lens but BIF require fast lens.

I’m using the original 7D from 2009 and it’s doing a good job except for ISO noise at 1600 and over but for the rest, it works fine. I stick to the single AF point 99% of the time along with the AI servo function. Basically I created a custom function at 1/1600, f5.6, AI servo, and Auto ISO. In some occasions I will slow speed to 1/1000 and/or aperture at f5.6 or 6.3 (my lens combo is limited at f5.6) but I always stick to these values. I also have a second setup with automatic exposure compensation at 1/3 and it often helps.

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Benji

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