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Mortalis3  Posts: 127
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OK, shoot me if this has been asked before. It's probably the most basic, simplest question regarding DSLR's.
Point and shoot cameras require a partial press of the shutter button and momentary lapse of time to activate the automatic focus. Do DSLR's remove this requirement since they supoosedly "see through" the same lens that takes the picture?
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Raiztlin  Title: Dick Tracy
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Yes. It is one of the many advantages with a DSLR
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_Kewk_ Title: Sith Lord
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Registered: 2002-12-17 16:11:04
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Mortalis3 posted:
OK, shoot me if this has been asked before. It's probably the most basic, simplest question regarding DSLR's.
Point and shoot cameras require a partial press of the shutter button and momentary lapse of time to activate the automatic focus. Do DSLR's remove this requirement since they supoosedly "see through" the same lens that takes the picture?
If you have it on auto focus you still have a split second before it finishes focusing. DSLR's do take a partial press for auto focus to focus. If it cannot find the focus then you have a bit more time. Nikon is slower in this area in comparison to Canon because the Nikon AF motor is in the camera body as opposed to Canon having them in the lens. This was a choice by Nikon to give compatibility to all of it's old SLR lenses on new DSLR bodies.
If it is manual focus well then the amount of time depends on how fast you can focus.
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Mortalis3 Posts: 127
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Thanks
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Raiztlin Title: Dick Tracy
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_Kewk_ posted:
Mortalis3 posted:
OK, shoot me if this has been asked before. It's probably the most basic, simplest question regarding DSLR's.
Point and shoot cameras require a partial press of the shutter button and momentary lapse of time to activate the automatic focus. Do DSLR's remove this requirement since they supoosedly "see through" the same lens that takes the picture?
If you have it on auto focus you still have a split second before it finishes focusing. DSLR's do take a partial press for auto focus to focus. If it cannot find the focus then you have a bit more time. Nikon is slower in this area in comparison to Canon because the Nikon AF motor is in the camera body as opposed to Canon having them in the lens. This was a choice by Nikon to give compatibility to all of it's old SLR lenses on new DSLR bodies.
If it is manual focus well then the amount of time depends on how fast you can focus.
This is only true for old lenses. Newer lenses from Nikon have the AF motor build in. (And the low-end bodies don't have even have an AF-motor)
Now add Nikons way better AF system, and we have a winner 
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tsingtao2  Posts: 678
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and Nikon's have CLS, but the new canon 7D has something similar.
I half press my DSLR all the time when my youngest daughter is on the field preforming, always keeping it in focus for when I feel like taking a shot. which is all the time, usually take 300 pics during a 5 min routine...LOL and yes, that's 1 per second, sometimes when shes tossing her flag, I shoot 6fps
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On somewhat of a side note, the best thing i ever did was move the auto focus button from the shutter to the * on the back of the body. Being able to meter and focus on different buttons is huge.
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Raiztlin Title: Dick Tracy
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yes, I've done the same.
I have my autofocus on me AF-ON button on the back of my camera. I also have the camera set to continious focus, so that whenever I move the focuspoint and hold the AF-ON button, I continually focus on whatever I point at.
Then to recompose, I just let go of the AF-ON button and then recompose.
It's a little bit different at first, but makes shooting alot smoother once you get used to it.
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