colormaniac wrote in post #7681515
Hello, I'm also new to these wonderful forums, and relatively new to DSLR. Recently I have a lot of chances to take pictures of toddlers (<12 months). I learned the hard way. Now I think AI Servo or Manual Focus is the best way to keep the right spot in focus. Fixed focus point is also OK, but you need to always make the best spot right in the middle of the picture.
And you have to be ready any second, with your camera up. The toddlers won't freeze for you.
I'm not sure if shutter speed is relevant to the focus issue. No doubt a fast-moving object requires a faster speed. But as long as focus at the right spot goes, shutter speed cannot help. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hello, I'm also new to these wonderful forums, and relatively new to DSLR. Recently I have a lot of chances to take pictures of toddlers (<12 months). I learned the hard way. Now I think AI Servo or Manual Focus is the best way to keep the right spot in focus. Fixed focus point is also OK, but you need to always make the best spot right in the middle of the picture.
And you have to be ready any second, with your camera up. The toddlers won't freeze for you.
I'm not sure if shutter speed is relevant to the focus issue. No doubt a fast-moving object requires a faster speed. But as long as focus at the right spot goes, shutter speed cannot help. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I finally got some of my pictures up. See here, https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=674180. They are all taken with AF. Success rate of being in focus is pretty low.
