Hi all
First time poster, so please tell me if this is the wrong etiquette for this section.
I went to a grass roots downhill mountain biking venue yesterday and was disappointed with the number of keepers I got.
I was using an R5 with AF>people>eye detect, and on tab 3 of the AF menu, I selected Servo AF scenario 3, which had -2 tracking sensitivity (i.e. locked on) and +2 accel./decel. tracking.
I used a mixture of shooting styles, and had the most direct hits on riders' heads when they were riding towards me rather than across my frame. (I realise that subjects travelling perpendicular to the frame are going to be very hard to capture.) I was moving the camera a fair bit while shooting and tried some panning shots. I was shooting in high speed + mode.
Can someone give me some tips on what I need to change in my settings and/or shooting technique to increase the number of keepers please.
The photos are here by the way if anyone wishes to see the ones I was less disappointed with - bear in mind I came away with these 84 out of nearly 1,900 photos.
Thanks very much, and all the best everyone.
Regards
CF
First time poster, so please tell me if this is the wrong etiquette for this section.
I went to a grass roots downhill mountain biking venue yesterday and was disappointed with the number of keepers I got.
I was using an R5 with AF>people>eye detect, and on tab 3 of the AF menu, I selected Servo AF scenario 3, which had -2 tracking sensitivity (i.e. locked on) and +2 accel./decel. tracking.
I used a mixture of shooting styles, and had the most direct hits on riders' heads when they were riding towards me rather than across my frame. (I realise that subjects travelling perpendicular to the frame are going to be very hard to capture.) I was moving the camera a fair bit while shooting and tried some panning shots. I was shooting in high speed + mode.
Can someone give me some tips on what I need to change in my settings and/or shooting technique to increase the number of keepers please.
The photos are here by the way if anyone wishes to see the ones I was less disappointed with - bear in mind I came away with these 84 out of nearly 1,900 photos.
Thanks very much, and all the best everyone.
Regards
CF
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