All you BIF buffs, what are you using for Priority Set? If you are tracking (as I imagine you must be), do you get better results from setting Priority to "AF" or "Balanced"? Or do you just choose "Release" and pray?
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a66000 for BIF - Priority for AF-C?
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zackiedawg
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On my A6300, because the 'tracking' didn't really work (Lock-On AF wasn't quite up to fast birds), so I just used AF-C and wide, and set priority to release. That did the trick most of the time - I found it better to let me decide when I got focus as there are times the camera might not have identified a good focus and not fired the frame. I'd get occasional misses, but not too bad.
When I went to the A6600, and was able to start using Real-Time Tracking AF, which actually DOES work, I was originally going to use 'release' but I had it on Balanced for the first week or so and was very happy with the camera's performance - so I ended up leaving it there. I have never experienced the full refusal to shoot that 'AF' priority can sometimes do, and there are very few misses because the tracking algorithm is doing such a good job once you get a confirmed subject.
When I went to the A6600, and was able to start using Real-Time Tracking AF, which actually DOES work, I was originally going to use 'release' but I had it on Balanced for the first week or so and was very happy with the camera's performance - so I ended up leaving it there. I have never experienced the full refusal to shoot that 'AF' priority can sometimes do, and there are very few misses because the tracking algorithm is doing such a good job once you get a confirmed subject.
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