Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife photography’

What is back / rear button focusing?

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Back button or Rear button focusing is a method of autofocusing used by many photographers. It decouples the autofocus from the shutter button, so a separate button on the back of the camera is used for focusing, while the shutter button is just used for taking photos.

In this article we'll look in more detail at the back button focus method. We'll cover why many photographers prefer this method over the standard half-press of the shutter button for autofocus. And also cover some situations where it doesn't work so well.

What is back / rear button focusing?

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Written by Discover Digital Photography

January 25th, 2015 at 10:27 pm

Photographing at the Zoo

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Author: Luis E Gonzalez

At the zoo photography tips will hopefully give you the opportunity of taking better shots of wild animals that otherwise would not be possible unless one was to travel to Africa, South America or any of the exotic places where zoo animals come from.

Tiger feeding in a zoo
Just try and take it !! (EXPLORE) by Steve Wilson on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

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Written by Guest

March 26th, 2011 at 5:00 am