Yes, I am also working on that as well. Switching to JPG let me get the photos uploaded the same day I took them. I also learned a lot of Lightroom shortcuts and such.
Youāre not using the right metaphor here. Itās not like you are using different tools to get to the same place, just a different skill with the same tool. Itās the same tool with the same software and the same hardware and the same process and the same cables and everything.
The better metaphor would be someone who has learned to draw a face using a pencil with just a single line for each feature, and theyāve built up the skill over time to be able to make every face picture look good and in proportion and expressive and everything.
But you are happy with using a pencil to draw a face with loads and loads of lines per feature, and lots of going over the same lines time and time again. And then using an eraser over and over, and going back to draw the lines again, with more and more weight per line, eventually ending up withā¦ a face that might be as good and in proportion and expressive as the expert artist. But probably isnāt.
Turn off burst mode. Frame a shot, take a single photo for insurance, and then WAIT. Wait until the scene comes together in the frame, and take the photo at the exact moment. It will take practice, but once you get used to it, youāll not have to constantly check the camera screen, nor wait for photos to clear out the buffer, nor fill up the SD card with jpgs or even RAW files, nor have loads of duplicate photos to transfer, nor dozens of photos to look through per shot.
Itās just better. Itās what better photographers do. Dare to become better.
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Turn off burst mode. Frame a shot, take a single photo for insurance, and then WAIT. Wait until the scene comes together in the frame, and take the photo at the exact moment. It will take practice, but once you get used to it, youāll not have to constantly check the camera screen, nor wait for photos to clear out the buffer, nor fill up the SD card with jpgs or even RAW files, nor have loads of duplicate photos to transfer, nor dozens of photos to look through per shot.
[/quote]I never look at the screen on the back of the camera. Iām even at the point where the auto-review pisses me off, and I have to disable it. After shooting film so much, I definitely have no need for that.
But like I said, even if I try that, Iāll probably miss because of reaction time, autofocus time, etc. I can actually change the setting on the camera to take a photo immediately when I press the button, instead of waiting for autofocus, but when I tried that, focus was way off all the time.
Iām pretty sure there will be a half-press function on the shutter. Hold it down half way and the autofocus will kick in. Itāll keep focusing as long as you hold it half way. As soon as you want the photo, click in all the way. Itāll take a photo immediately and in focus.
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8wshUPdPac
Yes, that is obvious, but itās really bad at following the subject if it moves between the time you half-press and full press. Itās great if they stay at the same distance, though.
There will be a setting to switch that around then. So it will constantly keep focusing with the half press. Look at the custom settings.
There is such a setting. Iām saying that it is not very good!
But it must be using some kind of continuous focus to get the middle photo in a series of photos in sharp focus. The same focus must be available when it also isnāt taking photos!
The photos are in focus when itās in burst mode because I have it set to only fire the shutter if focus has already been obtained. You can notice it will often delay the next shot when it loses focus and has to get it again. If something is moving fast, and you try to capture one precise moment with one shot, you need to hope the subject doesnāt move out of focus between the half press and the full press. Alternatively, manual focus. Alternatively, trust the camera and hope it isnāt slow that time.
Okay. I guess you are just trying to do action and sports photography with a tool that isnāt close to being good enough then.
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Itās good enough for me, just not good enough for pros. Luckily, Iām not a pro. Even though it is not the king of sports photography, it is great in other ways.
I already own it, for one. Thatās a huge value proposition. Also, it is the king of video that I use it for more often than sports photography. Most of all, it is small. Even if someone gave me a free Nikon D500, I couldnāt possibly carry that around the city while biking. With a micro 4/3 camera, I can carry the camera, plus three zoom lenses that are the equivalent of 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, and 200-800 4.0-6.3, plus batteries. Even if I donāt use them all, they all fit in my bag with no significant weight, so I may as well. Itās actually been quite handy since Iāve come across sports I can get very close to like bocce as well as sports I have to stay really really far away from, like Cricket. The Nikon 200-800 alone is as big as a telescope and requires a car to move around.
Also, what it lacks in autofocus it makes up for in other areas. Like oh, shooting at 9 or 12 fps. Or 30 or 60fps 6k photo mode. You know, stuff like that.
Iām not trying to convince you to change cameras, just commiserating that you donāt have the appropriate tool for the project you are working on.
Itās just fine. It just doesnāt work the way you want it to.
I think itās an inflection point. Most people want to buy a camera that isnāt way too expensive for both their skill level and their use cases. Itās always better to buy a cheaper camera and learn how to use it and then you know what you need from a bigger or better camera.
Most people never improve their skills enough to make the step to the better camera. Which is good, because iPhone cameras are good enough for most situations.
Youāre one of the rare people who have now surpassed the capabilities of your camera, and it is holding you back from being a better photographer.
I have definitely not surpassed this camera. The only camera I have surpassed is that first micro 4/3 camera I got, the GF2. There were photos I wanted to take, such as lightning photos, and it was literally incapable of doing so. I got that camera in 2011, not long ago, and the specs already look way sad. Cameras have come a lot further in recent years than it seems.
I replaced it with the GH4 in 2014, and I didnāt actually surpass that camera. The HDMI port just broke, which I need for streaming. So I got the GH5 and am selling that bad boy on eBay. I definitely havenāt surpassed the GH5. There is no photo I want to take that I have failed to capture because the camera is too limiting.
My film cameras, on the other hand, are starting to feel limiting. The āfilm is the best, Iām learning so much!ā feeling is going away and is being replaced with the āWhy canāt I change the ISO, and why canāt I change between color and monochrome?ā feeling. Thatās why Iām planning to use up most of the film I have and probably get that Fuji to replace them. Then Iāll be able to more easily share my non-sports photos.
When I first got a digital camera, I was taking 500+ pictures, just becauseā¦
Then when it came to sharing, realising how much time I was wasting having to filter through the garb, I was like fuck this.
āTake time, to take the shot.ā
Now I average about 100~ photos per occasion. Far more manageable. Would be even less with better equipment.
I have a 550d with kit lens. Iām definitely working at itās limit.
Next purchase order:
Flashgun (Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT)
Lens (undecided, but preferably a zoom lens)
New Body (70D/ 6D/ 5D)
What a coincidence. Thereās a firmware update released TODAY. Weāll see how it works.
I looooooove my 70D.
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No need for custome firmware on my camera. There are no missing features in the official software.