Recent content by kabalman

Thanks, makes sense now. Agree that focus recompose is not ideal for moving subjects, so using it under AF-C is fraught with danger.

Thanks for the replies. Just one more issue though. I see some people mention that they continue to hold the back button after recomposing and then click the shutter, this does not work for me when shooting using AF-C (continuous focus). What happens is that when I focus using the central focus...

And the other point with regards to keeping the back button pressed, when under AF-C, when I recompose, it refocuses on the subject that is on the centre of the frame, thereby losing focus from the subject I initially focused on. Therefore I believe keeping the back button pressed is not going...

Thanks for your replies guys. I should have mentioned that I am using a D7000. I have been doing more investigations - These are the settings I changed - - a1: AF-C Priority Selection to Release - f5: Assign AE-L/AF-L Button to AF-ON Now it does allow focus-recompose when I'm in AF-C, but...

Pardon me for asking a very basic question. I have been using the back button focus for a while now. When I need to focus on a subject that is off-center, I always move the focus point on the subject and focus (using the back button focus method). While this avoids the need for me to recompose...

Thanks for the advise Tim. Will keep this in mind. As you say, I will just take the 70-300mm...should be sufficient on the day as I don't want to be carrying around too much gear, especially with a little boy running all over the place.

Thanks for your advise, everyone. Hoping to get a few nice shots this weekend.

Thanks Graham. Do you think a tripod is required, or is allowed inside the zoo? I did not see anything on the website that says that it isn't allowed. So I assume it is allowed, but am not sure if it is going to be of much use? My 70-300mm has VR built in, so hopefully it should do the job...

I'm planning a visit with the family and kid to the London zoo in the weekend, and I need some tips on photography in the zoo based on your similar experiences. I have the standard 18-55 kit lens, a 70-300mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom and a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens that I will be using on my Nikon DX...

In addition to the gimmicky touch screen (which I suspect will be handy to save time to zoom in and then move sideways etc), I was looking for the in-camera HDR feature which could save valuable PP time if it produces good results. So mainly these features, but I believe the low-light...

Pardon my ignorance, but does that mean that at say ISO 6400, the D7000 will produce superior pictures with less noise than the 650D? So the fact that the 650D can go up to 12800 is not that much of an advantage if it is going to be really noisy (ok I understand that a noisy image is better than...

Thanks, but no thanks. I have no intention of jumping over to the dark side (Canon) :) Moreover it will be very expensive for me to do that. I did read some rumours of 3 new Nikon models this year (after the D4 and D800). The D3200 is the first, and the rumour has it that one of the other two...

That is a bit of a shame, I loved the touch screen on the 650D. It was so easy to check whether the focus was right after shooting in an instant, without having to use the buttons to zoom in and then to move left/right/up/down. C'mon Nikon, please try and catch up. Would be great if a upgraded...

Just wondering if Nikon are in the process of releasing an equivalent of the new Canon 650D, with 12800 ISO, swivel touch screen LCD etc. I think the D7000 is roughly in the same ball park as the 650D, but is that the direct Nikon equivalent available at the moment? The reason I'm asking is...

Thanks Michael. I will try firing the flash optically first, just because I can do it straightaway. Is it as simple as setting the speedlight on manual and clicking away, after turning the on camera flash on?