Group or D25 for B I F

canuck257

canuck257

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I would be interested in some personal opinions on these two a/f settings and how they relate to B I F shooting. I have read and understand the differences between the two but am curious to know what individual experience has indicated is the preferred option and why.:confused:
 
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Blacktop

Senior Member
canuck257 said:
I would be interested in some personal opinions on these two a/f settings and how they relate to B I F shooting. I have read and understand the differences between the two but am curious to know what individual experience has indicated is the preferred option and why.:confused:
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I have tried it all . D750, Nikon 200-500mm.
For me Single works the best and get more keepers with that.
My second choice would be D9.

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Blacktop said:
I have tried it all . D750, Nikon 200-500mm.
For me Single works the best and get more keepers with that.
My second choice would be D9.

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Roy1961 said:
up until last week i only used single, i tried 9 points to see what the difference was, so so, back on single.
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Roy1961 said:
and using BBF as i am sure Pete is too.
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I use BBF which is the most important point. I have tried all the focus modes at one time or another. I almost always shoot single point.
 
kevy73

kevy73

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I use D9 pretty much exclusively. The only time it doesn't work is if I am doing some funky composition and the focus point is outside the focus boundary, then I flick to single, focus and then compose, but all my other shots are 100% D9 and BBF and I move the centre point around with my thumb to put it over the eye each time.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
kevy73 said:
I use D9 pretty much exclusively. The only time it doesn't work is if I am doing some funky composition and the focus point is outside the focus boundary, then I flick to single, focus and then compose, but all my other shots are 100% D9 and BBF and I move the centre point around with my thumb to put it over the eye each time.
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Kind of hard to do with BIF. The birds tend to fly a little to fast for that
 
canuck257

canuck257

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I'm using BBF and Single Point mainly. I have the "joystick" press programmed for BBF also with D25 which gives me a very flexible set of options. I am tempted by Group but put off by it's tendency to focus on the closest point which, with large birds, is often not the eye. I am just curious to know whether my reasoning for not using Group is sound.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
canuck257 said:
I'm using BBF and Single Point mainly. I have the "joystick" press programmed for BBF also with D25 which gives me a very flexible set of options. I am tempted by Group but put off by it's tendency to focus on the closest point which, with large birds, is often not the eye. I am just curious to know whether my reasoning for not using Group is sound.
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My problem when I have tried it is the birds tend to fly behind things like other birds and it confuses the focus point. Also I have quit trying to focus on the eye. I am just not that accurate in pointing my camera at a bird in flight. I generally shoot at a small enough aperture so that as much of the bird is in focus to include the eye.
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Don Kuykendall said:
My problem when I have tried it is the birds tend to fly behind things like other birds and it confuses the focus point. Also I have quit trying to focus on the eye. I am just not that accurate in pointing my camera at a bird in flight. I generally shoot at a small enough aperture so that as much of the bird is in focus to include the eye.
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I am for the neck of the bird this is more or less in line with the eye of the bird :)
 
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