Do you use back button focus?

There is definitely a transition period, but I really love back button focus now. If you hold the button down, you remain in continuous focus. If you let go of the button, you are effectively in single focus, but you don't need to focus- recompose for multiple shots. It separates the operation of focusing from releasing the shutter, which is how we both grew up. If you think about it that way (focus first, then shoot), it may make the transition easier.

I tried it, and even used it for a couple of wedding jobs, but went back to the normal, half press of the shutter button to focus. Using back button focus just seemed too time consuming and one more thing to have to think about, and in some situations, every extra movement on a camera can be a problem, such as things happening fast at a wedding.

In more "normal" shooting situations, back button focus may be fine. All you can do is try it for yourself and see how you like it. Whether or not other people like it is rather meaningless. If YOU like it, great, use it, ... if not, don't. Try it and see.

steve

I've been using that technique for 1.5 years. I like it since it suits my style of shooting. Focus on what you want and then compose. It was an extremely handy focusing technique when shooting the F1 races a few months ago.

If I let someone else use my camera , one of my User modes reverts the camera to "normal" focus mode with all focus points activated and fully automatic exposure. I'll also use this mode if I need to take a fleeting image where the setup time needs to be minimal