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<blockquote data-quote="Mediaman09" data-source="post: 405713" data-attributes="member: 9503"><p>What threw me it at first was that the video (using a D5000) was showing AF-C, yet my menu screen was not. But, yes, I had it in AUTO. When I switched to P,S or A, indeed the menu screen showed AF-C. I must have missed that part of the story in the 4 or 5 tutorials I read on this topic!. Mystery partly solved. But its still a bit weird as even with P,A or S, with AF-C on the menu screen, it displays as AF-S on the live screen when in Liveview.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless, in all modes, the camera is now behaving very BBF-like – ie, in all modes the back button does the focussing and the shutter does no focussing, so that part is encouraging. …even if Auto.</p><p> </p><p>I don’t know what is happening or not happening with auto exposure just yet- will need to experiment.</p><p> </p><p>I have read some posts elsewhere that the D5100 could not be used with BBF – clearly not true - perhaps they were only referring to AUTO modes.</p><p> </p><p>If BBF ends up only working in P,S or A, that’s perfectly fine by me, as thats where I plan to be nearly 100% of the time. Still “learning” the camera and “P” mode is where I will be for the next little while as is gives me lots of automation and flexibility. Also now shooting in RAW only (having recently discovered LightRoom). Also trying out Release mode on continuous (never used it before – quite nice)</p><p></p><p>Also looking forward to see how BBF works with my 105mm macro lens. I am okay with even a manual focus when super close up, but at a distance, the macro has been driving me nuts as I could never get it to focus correctly; it was always moving around. Perhaps I will have better luck with BBF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mediaman09, post: 405713, member: 9503"] What threw me it at first was that the video (using a D5000) was showing AF-C, yet my menu screen was not. But, yes, I had it in AUTO. When I switched to P,S or A, indeed the menu screen showed AF-C. I must have missed that part of the story in the 4 or 5 tutorials I read on this topic!. Mystery partly solved. But its still a bit weird as even with P,A or S, with AF-C on the menu screen, it displays as AF-S on the live screen when in Liveview. Regardless, in all modes, the camera is now behaving very BBF-like – ie, in all modes the back button does the focussing and the shutter does no focussing, so that part is encouraging. …even if Auto. I don’t know what is happening or not happening with auto exposure just yet- will need to experiment. I have read some posts elsewhere that the D5100 could not be used with BBF – clearly not true - perhaps they were only referring to AUTO modes. If BBF ends up only working in P,S or A, that’s perfectly fine by me, as thats where I plan to be nearly 100% of the time. Still “learning” the camera and “P” mode is where I will be for the next little while as is gives me lots of automation and flexibility. Also now shooting in RAW only (having recently discovered LightRoom). Also trying out Release mode on continuous (never used it before – quite nice) Also looking forward to see how BBF works with my 105mm macro lens. I am okay with even a manual focus when super close up, but at a distance, the macro has been driving me nuts as I could never get it to focus correctly; it was always moving around. Perhaps I will have better luck with BBF. [/QUOTE]
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