For AF purposes, I have been using BBF for years now and was wondering how many use it or have used it in the past and now went back to the shutter button to AF? I have been contemplating going back to shutter button. Pro's? Con's?
| POLL: "How do you trip your shutter?" |
 BBF | 102 66.7% |
| Shutter Button | 28 18.3% |
| Use to use BBF and now use Shutter Button | 2 1.3% |
| Use Both | 21 13.7% |
gqllc007 Senior Member 445 posts Likes: 133 Joined Jan 2015 More info Post edited over 8 years ago by gqllc007. | Jun 04, 2015 21:06 | #1 For AF purposes, I have been using BBF for years now and was wondering how many use it or have used it in the past and now went back to the shutter button to AF? I have been contemplating going back to shutter button. Pro's? Con's?
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smythie I wasn't even trying More info | Jun 04, 2015 21:19 | #2 I use both at different times. Basically BBF when I have time to take a few seconds on target before capture and whenever I don't have that time switch to a settings bank with AF start on the shutter release as well as the AF-ON button
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mfunnell Senior Member  375 posts Likes: 11 Joined Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia More info | Jun 04, 2015 21:32 | #3 smythie wrote in post #17584639  I use both at different times. Same here, though somewhat differently now with my 7D2. I have the shutter release set up for single point focus in one shot mode and the back button set up for AI servo with multi-point tracking so I can change easily between modes without having to change a setting. I'm finding that very convenient in my experimentation so far. (I have different custom settings again for things such as macro.) Some digital cameras, some film cameras, some lenses & other kit.
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mathogre Goldmember  More info | Jun 04, 2015 21:38 | #4 I did the BBF for a short while. The shutter button gives me far more control, and far more consistent control as I'm usually shooting gripped. I want to be using comparable controls in Portrait as I do in Landscape. I shoot sports, ballet, fashion, and marching band which includes color guard (the people with flags et al). BBF would be too slow for me. I mostly shoot manual, and manually adjust ISO with the "SET" button and main dial. I'm also changing AF points, groups, or zones based on the action. I'm zooming to help compose my shots. When I go half way on the shutter button, I want my camera to go stable and to autofocus on my subject. At the instant I'm ready, I want to be able to simply squeeze the shutter that last little bit to get the shot. I don't have time to go for YAB, Yet Another Button. Graham
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CyberDyneSystems Admin (type T-2000)  More info | Jun 04, 2015 22:28 | #5 I voted BBF as I use it by far the most, but in I do use both. GEAR LIST
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DanMarchant Do people actually believe in the Title Fairy?  5,634 posts Gallery: 19 photos Likes: 2057 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Where I'm from is unimportant, it's where I'm going that counts. More info | Jun 04, 2015 23:09 | #6 I use BBF. I do all the same stuff that Mathogre does (shoot sports/action etc/zoom/change ISO with set button etc) but have the opposite experience. I find BBF to be far faster as I can focus on a subject, keep them in focus while tracking their movement and then just hit the shutter release when I want to take the shot. Dan Marchant
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agedbriar Goldmember  2,657 posts Likes: 399 Joined Jan 2007 Location: Slovenia More info | Jun 05, 2015 02:45 | #8 I trip the shutter with the shutter-release button
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apersson850 Obviously it's a good thing  More info | Jun 05, 2015 04:39 | #9 I use both, and simultaneously. If I focus with the trigger button, then I use AF-ON to focus with the registered AF point (Home Point). When I use AF-ON for main focus (sports/action shooting mainly), then I use * for focusing with the registered point. Anders
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | Jun 05, 2015 04:54 | #10 There is some very confusing text at the top of this thread. The thread title and the poll question seem to refer to different things. I presume it's all about how one initiates autofocus instead of "How do you trip your shutter?" but this should be repaired before confusing other folks. Skip Douglas
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stargazer77517 Goldmember  1,430 posts Likes: 6 Joined Dec 2007 Location: Santa Fe Texas More info | Jun 05, 2015 06:02 | #11 mfunnell wrote in post #17584652 Same here, though somewhat differently now with my 7D2. I have the shutter release set up for single point focus in one shot mode and the back button set up for AI servo with multi-point tracking so I can change easily between modes without having to change a setting. I'm finding that very convenient in my experimentation so far. (I have different custom settings again for things such as macro.) ...Mike Didnt know you could also include the focus setup in Custom Functions that way. KEWEL !! Davis (Fred)
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Jun 05, 2015 07:18 | #12 stargazer77517 wrote in post #17585007 Didnt know you could also include the focus setup in Custom Functions that way. KEWEL !! I love it as well. On my 7Dmk2 the * button does one shot with Single focus not spot focus. The Af-on button or shutter button I have set to AI servo.
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mfunnell Senior Member 375 posts Likes: 11 Joined Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia More info | Jun 05, 2015 09:12 | #14 stargazer77517 wrote in post #17585007 Didnt know you could also include the focus setup in Custom Functions that way. KEWEL !! I think so too, and I'm attempting to take full and best advantage. Full is happening, best is a work in progress. But I find it's working well enough for me so far. Some digital cameras, some film cameras, some lenses & other kit.
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MarkKemp Goldmember 1,064 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2003 More info | Jun 05, 2015 10:18 | #15 Never had an issue using the shutter button half way and my poor old brain is too used it to change now anyway.
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, after focusing by BBF. Always.