yeah, I've concluded people are just retarded if it takes 12 fingers and 14 reprogrammed buttons to take a photo, after you've broken the functional defaults of any camera.
Anyways, I'm so cool I only take photos using a remote control connected to a foot pedal. I built it myself, so I can better concentrate on pressing the AF-on button, which I have connected to a pneumatic shutter release I operate using a scuba mask with modified regulators. The more complicated I make things, the more awesome I'm going to look on this forum.
So, everybody should follow your lead and only use those functions you use? If you knew what you were talking about on this subject, maybe you could convinced a few. Obviously you have no desire to learn something new. Sorry to be rude, but, I'm following your lead.
James R wrote:
So, everybody should follow your lead and only use those functions you use? If you knew what you were talking about on this subject, maybe you could convinced a few. Obviously you have no desire to learn something new. Sorry to be rude, but, I'm following your lead.
You're right. I lack the ability to learn to make simple tasks huge and complicated.
I also just realized my foot pedal to wireless trigger was too easy. I've converted the pedal into a deadman switch, and to take the photo I hit two buttons like on a punch press. I have these mounted on carbon fibre supports that my camera is mounted to. That all is bolted (english threaded of course) with some DSLR video jig that gives me a shoulder pad and a weight that gives me that classic 9 pound RCA S-VHS video camera with 37 minute lead-acid battery life feel for only $1700.
I'm telling you people, taking a photo with pressing one button is so 1990s.
I've also sent out my leica to a retired aerospace engineer for some modding. I don't like the advance lever. It's too simple. I want it to lock in any position unless I'm pulling the shutter release button out and twisting it with exactly 1 inch pound of torque. I also don't like that I can control the aperture with a simple ring on the lense. I'm having a planetary gear train with eliptical gears added the so apeture ring turns in the opposite direction and in a non-linear scale.
This will really help me nail those challenging landscape shots that people here keep talking about as being too hard to get with the latest nikon gear out of the box.
I told you, the guy is just trolling, it is all he does.
Amateurs love trolling photo forums.
Professionals use any advantage they can get to make their job easier and more efficient. Not all of us greenbox it all day because "why make things more complicated!".
Quit being a hipster, with your "I was using camera defaults before it was cool" bullshit.
Also, if you think that the camera defaults are the best defaults, then I guess that means you shoot with that nice, stylish focus confirmation beep on. Keeping it real through and through, right?
The more complicated I make things, the more awesome I'm going to look on this forum. ...looks like someone's confusing awesome with high school mentality. New posterboy for the Hide Me button.
Well, back on topic and off the immature trolling, I started yesterday attempting to use AF-ON and did not like it at all, so I switched back to just using the shutter. Now since I ended up having to not only take photos for the game, but I (thought) had to write the article too (turns out the reported was hiding in the press box), I had to stay the whole time. After I knew I took enough shots "solid" newspaper shots, I switched back to trying the AF-ON method and kept working at it. HOLY CRAP. Sooo much better now. I was prefocusing on where I knew the cutters were going by using the AF-ON for the first cutter, and from then all I had to do was press the shutter anytime they came down, not having to worry about the AF grabbing something else and ruing the shot. I'm still not perfect at it, but I'm going to keep using the method till I have it down because I think I will end up with a lot more keepers in the end.
thursdaylsr wrote:
Well, back on topic and off the immature trolling, I started yesterday attempting to use AF-ON and did not like it at all, so I switched back to just using the shutter. Now since I ended up having to not only take photos for the game, but I (thought) had to write the article too (turns out the reported was hiding in the press box), I had to stay the whole time. After I knew I took enough shots "solid" newspaper shots, I switched back to trying the AF-ON method and kept working at it. HOLY CRAP. Sooo much better now. I was prefocusing on where I knew the cutters were going by using the AF-ON for the first cutter, and from then all I had to do was press the shutter anytime they came down, not having to worry about the AF grabbing something else and ruing the shot. I'm still not perfect at it, but I'm going to keep using the method till I have it down because I think I will end up with a lot more keepers in the end....Show more →
Had the same experience. Being a noob, I really never considered what the use would be until I complained to friend about getting shots of my son's lacrosse games screwed up by being mis-focused. Either someone would run in front of the subject or my lens just wasn't focusing fast enough. Started using the AF on function and wow. Keepers went way up. It is now becoming second nature and I leave it this way all the time. Someone above said it well...using the shutter half press to focus is like have the brake and the gas on the same pedal.
thursdaylsr wrote:
Well, back on topic and off the immature trolling, I started yesterday attempting to use AF-ON and did not like it at all, so I switched back to just using the shutter. Now since I ended up having to not only take photos for the game, but I (thought) had to write the article too (turns out the reported was hiding in the press box), I had to stay the whole time. After I knew I took enough shots "solid" newspaper shots, I switched back to trying the AF-ON method and kept working at it. HOLY CRAP. Sooo much better now. I was prefocusing on where I knew the cutters were going by using the AF-ON for the first cutter, and from then all I had to do was press the shutter anytime they came down, not having to worry about the AF grabbing something else and ruing the shot. I'm still not perfect at it, but I'm going to keep using the method till I have it down because I think I will end up with a lot more keepers in the end....Show more →
It is a problem for many people that don't give it a chance. After a few shoots it becomes second nature.
thursdaylsr wrote:
Well, back on topic and off the immature trolling, I started yesterday attempting to use AF-ON and did not like it at all, so I switched back to just using the shutter. Now since I ended up having to not only take photos for the game, but I (thought) had to write the article too (turns out the reported was hiding in the press box), I had to stay the whole time. After I knew I took enough shots "solid" newspaper shots, I switched back to trying the AF-ON method and kept working at it. HOLY CRAP. Sooo much better now. I was prefocusing on where I knew the cutters were going by using the AF-ON for the first cutter, and from then all I had to do was press the shutter anytime they came down, not having to worry about the AF grabbing something else and ruing the shot. I'm still not perfect at it, but I'm going to keep using the method till I have it down because I think I will end up with a lot more keepers in the end....Show more →
woohoo!! im glad you stuck through it and have found out why some people swear by it!
Keep practicing and you will eventually wonder why not all cameras have a dedicated af button.
I have to say, this is one of the more obscure subjects I've seen someone trolling about in a long time.
Love rear-button focusing, for all the reasons stated here; been using it since the EOS-3. Back in the early autofocus days it was a Canon feature, but Nikon's had it now for years too. Earlier models used the AE-Lock button for this (via a custom function). Cameras introduced in the 5-6 years (except for some lower end models) have dedicated AF-On buttons as well.
The Canon technical note explains the reasoning quite well.
...looks like someone's confusing awesome with high school mentality. New posterboy for the Hide Me button. 
Love to read "when the light comes on" stories. 
