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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 613977" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>This afternoon I played with BBF on my D7100 but decided it isn't for me. Last summer I injured the lower joint of my right thumb, and while pressing the back button to focus, I could feel twinges of pain. The other thing I didn't care for is that I wear glasses. I use my left eye to look through the viewfinder which allowed the right lens of my glasses to press against that thumb. Smudges on my glasses...meh. I could live with them but not with the discomfort in my thumb.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I noticed with BBF is that the VR would engage with both the back button and the shutter button. I assumed it would only work with one of them. </p><p></p><p>So I switched back to using only the shutter button in AF-C. It still tracked the birds' movements, but even though I left it at FOCUS and not RELEASE, the majority of my shots were blurred. That could be user error though. I'm not the best when it comes to handholding a DX body with a telephoto lens. I used my 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR lens at 300mm. Because I have chronic tendonitis in my forearms, I'm not the steadiest with hand holding longer lenses--and it's always more noticeable on DX compared with FX.</p><p></p><p>The ducks were not at all interested in posing for me. :shame: Most of them I shot from their rear view, but I really didn't care since I was just testing out the settings. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Our weather today was really dismal. Rain and thunder. This afternoon there was a respite from the rain so I ran out to test BBF. Neither of the following was shot with BBF due to my thumb, but both were in AF-C. These were pretty much the only two that weren't blurred. I like the tracking ability of AF-C. What I didn't care for is the single point focus dots are much larger in this D7100 than in either of my FX bodies. The problem was trying to keep the dot on top of their faces (near their eyes when possible). Quite often the focus points would also cover part of the background so that might also factor into some of the blurry images. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]250051[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]250052[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 613977, member: 13196"] This afternoon I played with BBF on my D7100 but decided it isn't for me. Last summer I injured the lower joint of my right thumb, and while pressing the back button to focus, I could feel twinges of pain. The other thing I didn't care for is that I wear glasses. I use my left eye to look through the viewfinder which allowed the right lens of my glasses to press against that thumb. Smudges on my glasses...meh. I could live with them but not with the discomfort in my thumb. The other thing I noticed with BBF is that the VR would engage with both the back button and the shutter button. I assumed it would only work with one of them. So I switched back to using only the shutter button in AF-C. It still tracked the birds' movements, but even though I left it at FOCUS and not RELEASE, the majority of my shots were blurred. That could be user error though. I'm not the best when it comes to handholding a DX body with a telephoto lens. I used my 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR lens at 300mm. Because I have chronic tendonitis in my forearms, I'm not the steadiest with hand holding longer lenses--and it's always more noticeable on DX compared with FX. The ducks were not at all interested in posing for me. :shame: Most of them I shot from their rear view, but I really didn't care since I was just testing out the settings. ;) Our weather today was really dismal. Rain and thunder. This afternoon there was a respite from the rain so I ran out to test BBF. Neither of the following was shot with BBF due to my thumb, but both were in AF-C. These were pretty much the only two that weren't blurred. I like the tracking ability of AF-C. What I didn't care for is the single point focus dots are much larger in this D7100 than in either of my FX bodies. The problem was trying to keep the dot on top of their faces (near their eyes when possible). Quite often the focus points would also cover part of the background so that might also factor into some of the blurry images. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]250051._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]250052._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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