1bwana1 wrote: Smogg wrote:
In AF-S mode, you first need to move the focus cross to the desired area (this is difficult and time-consuming without a joystick, and practically impossible with gloves),
Why do you need to do this? That is what the combination of Continuous AF, Subject Recognition, and tracking is designed to avoid. Just set a Focus Area that covers the whole scene. If you need to pick an individual subject out of multiple that is easily and almost instantly done with the Joystick. Easier and faster that BBF focus and recompose. It is just differences in muscle memory.
I need to focus on a small window in a huge house. The window is in the corner of the house. The camera doesn't have a joystick. What should I do?
Set the camera up (profile) for Single Focus, with small Focus Area, Tracking can be either on or off, half press shutter, recompose full press shutter to take the shot. Pretty much the exact workflow of BBF just using half press.
After recomposing without tracking, the focus will no longer be precise. So I'll have to turn on tracking anyway. OK, now let's add a little complexity to this scene: the focus is on the window, the tracking is buzzing and continues to lock onto the window, but I have to wait a while for Juliet to look out the window, and she, like all women, is late. Your finger holds the shutter button halfway down, and after a while you start to hate Juliet because your finger gets tired.
Well under that scenario wouldn't you have to hold the BBF button down too? Just a question of which digit gets tired?
In such a situation I would have configured the camera differently so that no button had to be held down. Maybe even Manual focus, and waited comfortably with gloves on for Juliet to finish her drink and look out the widow.
Jan 23, 2026 at 02:52 PM
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