Back-button focus moves autofocus activation off the shutter release and onto a button under your right thumb, usually the one marked AF-ON, so that focusing and firing the shutter become two separate decisions. For aviation photographers that separation is worth more than almost any other custom setting on the camera. It lets you track a… Read article
To photograph aircraft at an airshow, switch to continuous autofocus, freeze jets with a shutter speed of 1/1000 second or faster, slow down to around 1/125 to 1/250 second so propellers blur into a disc, and pan smoothly with every pass. That is the heart of it, and this practical, end to end guide covers… Read article
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