Continuous shooting test

Michael J.

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Getting into photography seriously deeper not stuck only point and shoot mode, I practice Continuous shooting.

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Fred Kingston

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Michael.... Help me understand what the test is. You set the camera, and hold down the button, and the shutter fires until you release the shutter button.

Is there an expectation that something different will happen other than what you experienced? :)
 

Michael J.

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Michael.... Help me understand what the test is. You set the camera, and hold down the button, and the shutter fires until you release the shutter button.

Is there an expectation that something different will happen other than what you experienced? :)

I tried so often with BBF never was successful. This time I set AF-C an dit worked. I am photography a view years, but I learning it by "Learning by mistakes". I make step by step my learning curve.

I started from Auto Mode to P Mode. I would say this year I started using almost A Mode and S mode. I shoot Raw after long time hardcore JPG'ler, and the test was also shooting RAW and than JPEG. And Jpeg gives me better Buffer, but for my needs the RAW and lower buffer woks well.

I tested if I can do it that the images are sharp as I wanted it to be.
 

Blade Canyon

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Were you shooting Continuous High (Ch) or Continous Low (CL)? My understanding is that in CH the autofocus is set only once at the beginning of the sequence, whereas in Continuous Low the autofocus adjusts between each shot. In your last shot, the buggy is no longer in crisp focus.

ETA: This is wrong, see below.
 
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Michael J.

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Were you shooting Continuous High (Ch) or Continous Low (CL)? My understanding is that in CH the autofocus is set only once at the beginning of the sequence, whereas in Continuous Low the autofocus adjusts between each shot. In your last shot, the buggy is no longer in crisp focus.

I was CL mode first, I was not happy that much after that I changed to CH mode. The last photo he came so close to me, I was on the third line of thestreet, that I turned my body fast, that's why the last photo is odd. But this was all about my test, so I've learned to look up for the right distance in first place when the subject comes very close
 

hark

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Were you shooting Continuous High (Ch) or Continous Low (CL)? My understanding is that in CH the autofocus is set only once at the beginning of the sequence, whereas in Continuous Low the autofocus adjusts between each shot. In your last shot, the buggy is no longer in crisp focus.

Is that true when using BBF with Continuous High? I tried both CH and CL the other day. Nothing came out sharp. The only time I got good results was when I used the S mode with BBF. But I thought BBF continually focuses until the thumb is removed from the button. :confused:
 

Blade Canyon

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Is that true when using BBF with Continuous High?

I don't know where I saw that. I just tried it while moving and the shots were blurry both ways using BBF. Maybe it was in Steve Perry's autofocus book, which is on my PC at work. I'll check it then.
 

mikew_RIP

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As i remember BBF which i didnt use for long on the D7200 it overrides focus priority and use release priority, it gave me far more oof images in an action sequence.
This is from a failing memory as well:D but dont you have to set focus to AF-C then you get AF-S when you take your finger off the button.
 

nickt

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Af-c with release priority will attempt to focus but focus is not required for shutter release. Continuous-low will give more time for focus to catch up. I set my c-low to 3 fps. Also, your focus mode, subject, and lighting will affect how fast the camera re-focuses during the sequence. It may not ever catch up in some situations.
You could try af-c with A1 set to focus priority. This will force a focus each shot and could slow down the burst. Depending on focus mode and action, the focus might not fall where you expect. This applies to shutter button focus. Like Mike said, bbf overrides the af-c priority set in menu A1. With bbf set on the d7200 with af-c, you are forced into release mode. This forced release priority with bbf varies by model.
 

hark

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Af-c with release priority will attempt to focus but focus is not required for shutter release. Continuous-low will give more time for focus to catch up. I set my c-low to 3 fps. Also, your focus mode, subject, and lighting will affect how fast the camera re-focuses during the sequence. It may not ever catch up in some situations.
You could try af-c with A1 set to focus priority. This will force a focus each shot and could slow down the burst. Depending on focus mode and action, the focus might not fall where you expect. This applies to shutter button focus. Like Mike said, bbf overrides the af-c priority set in menu A1. With bbf set on the d7200 with af-c, you are forced into release mode. This forced release priority with bbf varies by model.

Thanks for the explanation, Nick. So that's why I got absolutely nothing in focus when I switched to CH...and even CL. But in full disclosure, I only tried it the one day. I do pretty good keeping mine in S and shooting quickly.
 

Blade Canyon

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I was wrong. Just did a moving Continuous High test in good daylight and the autofocus changed between shots.

Now I realize I was confused with the "Speed Priority Continuous" shooting mode of my Sony RX-100.
 

hark

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I was wrong. Just did a moving Continuous High test in good daylight and the autofocus changed between shots.

Now I realize I was confused with the "Speed Priority Continuous" shooting mode of my Sony RX-100.

That's interesting. Now I feel rather embarrassed because my out-of-focus CH and CL images would then be user error. :beguiled: :loyal:
 

Fred Kingston

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Okay... Here's something to consider... If you're using Single-point...then you need to continually pan the camera to keep the main subject in focus... If you use multiple points and Continuous, then you can hold the camera still, and let the moving subject move thru the frame...
 

Michael J.

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Okay... Here's something to consider... If you're using Single-point...then you need to continually pan the camera to keep the main subject in focus... If you use multiple points and Continuous, then you can hold the camera still, and let the moving subject move thru the frame...

THX for your advice
 
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