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Sports Photo Advice

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dwmcreative Forum Member • Posts: 73
Sports Photo Advice

Hey Everyone,

I'm trying to take some sports pics with my Fuji XH2s and it's not going well. Any advice?

Some observations:

1) Sports Finder mode doesn't make much of a difference

2) AFC seems to get less accuracy then AFS

I'm using a 90mm f2 lens and it's just been brutal!

(see attached!)

Honestly, I used to have an XT3 and I found it really was an easier shooting experience, I may have bitten off more then I can chew with the XH2s

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Morris0
Morris0 Forum Pro • Posts: 32,181
Re: Sports Photo Advice

Try turning off subject detection and shooting the way you did with the X-T3.  For a group, face detection is not going to work well unless you stop down to avoid DOF issues.

Morris

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kierenlon
kierenlon Senior Member • Posts: 1,028
Re: Sports Photo Advice

I'd use back button focus and pre-focus where you expect the action to be.  You can then refocus as you shoot but if you miss you should be more or less in focus anyway.  
If you are not used to that method,  just shoot and chimp to get used to it.  Once practiced you will get more keepers
I tend to set shooting to about 3FPS and capture bursts of 3 - 6 photos.  That's usually enough to get one where eyes are open etc

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