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Back Button Focus for Wildlife

Started 9 months ago | Questions thread
silversportsman Forum Member • Posts: 76
Re: Back Button Focus for Wildlife

DocShaka wrote:

Hello all.

I came across an interesting video today that mentioned the possibility of setting two BBF buttons to two different modes. For wildlife, particularly Bird In Flight, it would be a game changer to have my XT4's AEL button use AF-S (or AF-C) and single point and then be able to instantly jump to the AF-ON button and have that use AF-C 5x5 focus mode as the bird or other subject starts to move.

Is this possible on our Fujis? I can't seem to find the setting if it is.

Thanks for any info.

Doc

While not exactly what you are looking for, I have gotten used to using BBF and aperture priority with a single focus point while wildlife - birds especially - are stationary. I rotate to a custom setting, C1, with 3x3 focus zone and the other BIF settings as the birds fly, still using BBF. It helps to use C1 since that minimizes the distance from A to the custom setting.

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