Sports photography tip: Focusing while panning
Friday 8 July 2022, 15:15 by Nico Delmeire | 3,431 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
In car or motor racing, for example, it can look great to follow your moving subject with your camera. This creates movement in your background and puts strong emphasis on the speed of the subject.
In that case, set the camera to 'one shot'. Focus on your subject, such as a car, motorbike or bicycle, and then pan the camera with it. This is easiest to do on a straight section.
You can also do it around a bend, but in that case it is best to set the autofocus to 'AI Servo' so that it focuses more quickly.
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Mac wrote on Monday 11 July 2022 at 08:02 | replyIk zou het meetrekken (bijna) altijd zonder AF doen. Zeker het voorbeeld van de kart. Je weet waar ze voorbij komen, even van te voren scherpstellen, dan van de AF halen en schieten maar.
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