Photography Tips and Tricks: BackFocus Button – Episode 52

Photography Tips and Tricks: BackFocus Button - Episode 52

View more episodes at http://kelbyone.com/webcasts/ RC answers a question on what is the back focus button. He talks about how to set your Nikon or Canon to …
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25 Responses to Photography Tips and Tricks: BackFocus Button – Episode 52

  1. GeeMoney says:

    Fuck your shitty ads man, I don’t want no part of that shit!!!

  2. Iamdonald duck says:

    : metering on shutter button and focus on back button ..greatest control

  3. Heidi Anne Morris says:

    *Do something NEW with the button programming on your camera and shift the
    Auto Focus to the Back Button!*

    #fb #tum 

  4. Loic Rathscheck says:

    thx for the tip… I just subscribed to your channel. 

  5. phantomht1320 says:

    ok, so ive never used back focus before and after spending 10-15 mins
    playing with it i think i can give it a go. HOWEVER. i just tied using the
    “backfocus” button on my camera-grip-extra-battery grips and no joy. So im
    guessing the only time i can use the backfocus is for horizontal shots? i
    tried using my thumb on the camera back focus button in a vertical position
    and since i look thru my camera with my left eye, … that was a no joy
    situation also. 

  6. Steve Bass says:

    Good content but why can’t you just do a good video without always trying
    to sell something? I am not going to watch anymore of your videos.

  7. Floyd Bond says:

    Thank you,very well explained. I will try it.

  8. Carlos Novoa says:

    Awesome ! thanks !

  9. Craig Weir says:

    Thanks RC you explain AF back button the best I have found cheers

  10. Photographic Learning Resources says:

    *Do something NEW with the button programming on your camera and shift the
    Auto Focus to the Back Button!*

    #fb #tum 

  11. mavfan1 says:

    Nice helpful hint. I usually end up explaining this to multiple people who
    ask while at group photo shoots. I didn’t ever do it before last year
    when I had a model who was repeatedly jumping at the same spot against a
    white background. Unless one of my focus points caught her at the right
    time I’d be out of focus but with the back focus set at the point she’d
    jump I didn’t have to worry about it any more. 

  12. jor bonta says:

    Hi Rc Will you a make a video for time lapse or is not your view point
    and how edited ….with Lightroom
    Thanks

  13. rasco5 says:

    Where can i find that project book? 

  14. Robert Wiggers says:

    Now I FINALLY understand back button focus! I’m setting it up on my 6D as
    I’m watching. Let’s see how it turns out. 

  15. Mike Sprague says:

    Finally someone explained how to set this up without reading me the whole
    manual!! Thank you!!

  16. Allan Benson says:

    Set up both my cameras for Back Button Focus to snap sports events. Worked
    an absolute treat!

  17. Victor Krawciw says:

    I think you kind of missed the point of why bbf is useful here. By leaving
    the focus mode set to continuous you can effectively emulate the one shot
    mode by just lifting your thumb off the back button when focus is achieved
    – no more fiddling with menus and buttons to change focus modes. And when
    you need to refocus just press the back button again. Simple!

  18. Eric Hunsperger says:

    Thanks RC! Now when shooting in studio with a stationary subject I no
    longer have to “meerkat” constantly to pick up focus.

  19. Enrique Blanco says:

    Great!!

  20. bonguStyle says:

    Im not trying to be rude by teaching the pro’s here. But my way is focus,
    change to manual focus n then u can snap all day long because the focus
    wont change anymore. Simple.

  21. Stepphan Mc Pherson says:

    Wonderful tutorial .

  22. gr murugan says:

    very nice lession

  23. raredreamfootage says:

    But if you leave your finger half pressed on the shutter, assuming the
    shutter controls AF, then shouldn’t that be ok for recomposing and
    maintaining the same focus lock?

  24. Dixen Lopez says:

    is it possible to do it in 600d the BackFocus button?

  25. Peter de Jong - Raziëls nl says:

    RC went Canon too? :-O

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