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<blockquote data-quote="nikonbill" data-source="post: 845387" data-attributes="member: 47024">I use the Nikon 200/500 lens mostly for nature but often moving targets like your sports examples my body's are different D500 and D850Have you tried &quot;sport&quot; VR? for fast moving things that's what I use and can tell if it's on normal (if I was doing static) also changing the focus to 6m to infinity (for the down field work) if subjects are beyond 6m makes AF fasterFor camera settings in addition to what BF hammer suggested. Try manual mode using a f stop that gives pleasing depth of field maybe 8 to10 (or what you like) and only enough shutter to stop the action maybe start at 1600 and go up one at time. 1/4000 is crazy fast for your subject. Use auto ISO to get exposure correct, this gives the camera less to do.I think AF-C is good if you are using BBF (so you have control) set you sutter to release if it was me I would shoot your examples with group focus settings - remember to hit the ball or the player desired when tracking focus - if you don't like BBF you can use the half press if that's what works for you.You will need to experiment with blocked shot settings till you find what you and your camera &quot;like&quot;. This setting changes how long the camera takes to refocus on a new target. The best setting largely depends on your style in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nikonbill, post: 845387, member: 47024"] I use the Nikon 200/500 lens mostly for nature but often moving targets like your sports examples my body's are different D500 and D850 Have you tried "sport" VR? for fast moving things that's what I use and can tell if it's on normal (if I was doing static) also changing the focus to 6m to infinity (for the down field work) if subjects are beyond 6m makes AF faster For camera settings in addition to what BF hammer suggested. Try manual mode using a f stop that gives pleasing depth of field maybe 8 to10 (or what you like) and only enough shutter to stop the action maybe start at 1600 and go up one at time. 1/4000 is crazy fast for your subject. Use auto ISO to get exposure correct, this gives the camera less to do. I think AF-C is good if you are using BBF (so you have control) set you sutter to release if it was me I would shoot your examples with group focus settings - remember to hit the ball or the player desired when tracking focus - if you don't like BBF you can use the half press if that's what works for you. You will need to experiment with blocked shot settings till you find what you and your camera "like". This setting changes how long the camera takes to refocus on a new target. The best setting largely depends on your style in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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