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Published: 2005-07-15 16:26:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 259; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 11
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I'm getting closer to getting "the shot". I'd still like to get her entire body in the frame, but it happens so fast!My daughter Amber at practice
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With a shot like this I'd be tempted to try and get exactly this timing, but shoot it with her directly facing the camera to emphasise the symmetry. Use your lens at it's longest setting to compress the perspective.
Dave
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Yeah...I've been wanting to get a shot of this facing the camera, so far I haven't been successful. It's much easier to get the timing since I got the D70. I'll keep trying
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Yes, the shutter lag on the D70 will be much lower than your previous camera so you should be able to time the release without too much trouble. As long as you have the focus mode on "C" it should track her reliably while the shutter is half depressed, although I have little experience with moving subjects myself.
Dave
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focus mode on "c" ???
i'll take a look.
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You have 3 focus modes:
M: Manual
AF-S: Autofocus Single Servo
AF-C: Autofocus Continuous Servo
With Single Servo the camera focuses, locks the focus, and then bleeps. This is the default on the D70. You can't trip the shutter until the focus locks.
With Continuous Servo the camera focuses for as long as the shutter is half depressed and the camera will use predictive focus to track a moving subject. The shutter can be tripped regardless of focus as it doesn't lock.
On the D-100 the focus setting switch on the camera body has 3 positions, M, S and C. On the D70 you only have M and AF, but you can change the AF mode from S to C using Custom Setting 2.
Dave
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thanks love, ya know I tried to read the manual but it kinda gave me a headache.
I've just been playing with things and seeing what happens. maybe in 2-3 years I'll actually
know what all these setting can do
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oh...so is it like being in "sport" mode but still having control over your other settings? if that's the case then that is very COOOL!
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Yes, exactly. Sport mode does knock the camera into AF-C. I have both my AF Nikons set to AF-C and the "focus" control moved to the AE-Lock button under my thumb (another custom function). This allows me to focus the camera when I want to and then trip the shutter without re-focusing. AF-C allows the shutter to still fire when the camera is pointed at somthing it's not foused on. This arrangement is great for landscapes and models, but not so great for action as you have 2 buttons to deal with.
Dave
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I tried this today Dave, gonna post some results. I think they are pretty good 
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