Friday, 24 January 2020

focus - What is the advantage to back-button autofocus?


I've heard some advanced photographers talk about using back-button autofocus. As I understand it, this involves changing one of the camera's custom setting to engage the AF when a button on the rear of the camera is pressed (as opposed to half-pressing the shutter button).


What is the advantage to back-button autofocus? Any suggestions on why one would want to switch to this method?





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