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Suggestion for focus setting for gymnastics
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<blockquote data-quote="btrotter" data-source="post: 49789" data-attributes="member: 9206"><p>I will be attending my daughters gymnastics competition this weekend and taking pictures. The last time I did this, I got some amazing shots, but also got some duds. One of my problems is that when she gets on the uneven bars, I am holding down the shutter button so the camera is taking shots quickly, but I found several times where the camera focused on the crowd behind her and left her blurry.</p><p>I am trying to decide what is better, to get the camera focused then flip the focus setting on the lens to manual and snap away, or to hold down the AE-L/AF-L button the whole time I am taking pictures. Is there a compelling reason why I would choose one over the other? I am using a 70-200 f2.8 VRII lens and am a decent distance away. Even though there is a lot of movement, it is all spinning on a bar, so she isn't changing position as far as distance goes. I don't have a monopod/tripod to put the camera on, and that lens gets heavy after a while, so having to hold the shutter release button down with one finger and the AEL/AFL button down is sort of an aggravation, but I will do it if there is a reason why I should not disable the autofocus.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the assistance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="btrotter, post: 49789, member: 9206"] I will be attending my daughters gymnastics competition this weekend and taking pictures. The last time I did this, I got some amazing shots, but also got some duds. One of my problems is that when she gets on the uneven bars, I am holding down the shutter button so the camera is taking shots quickly, but I found several times where the camera focused on the crowd behind her and left her blurry. I am trying to decide what is better, to get the camera focused then flip the focus setting on the lens to manual and snap away, or to hold down the AE-L/AF-L button the whole time I am taking pictures. Is there a compelling reason why I would choose one over the other? I am using a 70-200 f2.8 VRII lens and am a decent distance away. Even though there is a lot of movement, it is all spinning on a bar, so she isn't changing position as far as distance goes. I don't have a monopod/tripod to put the camera on, and that lens gets heavy after a while, so having to hold the shutter release button down with one finger and the AEL/AFL button down is sort of an aggravation, but I will do it if there is a reason why I should not disable the autofocus. Thanks for the assistance. [/QUOTE]
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