Comments on: DIY contact trigger http://www.meejahor.com/2008/04/06/diy-contact-trigger/ Web site of Andrew Smith, newspaper photographer Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kenneth William Caleno http://www.meejahor.com/2008/04/06/diy-contact-trigger/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Kenneth William Caleno Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:28:15 +0000 http://www.meejahor.com/?p=863#comment-2964 You could try using Trap Focus: (Using continuous shooting should capture the balloon burst) This is a neat way to use auto focus especially for fast sports/wildlife action, I don’t know other maker’s settings but these are the settings for Nikon users: Custom (pencil) menu: Autofocus set to AF-S AF area mode set to single AE-L/AF-L set to AF ON Compose your shot and set the focus by aiming the centre focus icon at a definite target at the precise distance you want, (Say a tree branch where a bird is about to land, or on second base where the player's foot will land) and pressing the "AE-L/AF-L" button near the viewfinder. This will focus the lens Now press and hold the shutter button. As soon as something comes into focus the shutter will fire. Much faster than Human reflexes Regards, Ken You could try using Trap Focus: (Using continuous shooting should capture the balloon burst)

This is a neat way to use auto focus especially for fast sports/wildlife action, I don’t know other maker’s settings but these are the settings for Nikon users:

Custom (pencil) menu:

Autofocus set to AF-S
AF area mode set to single
AE-L/AF-L set to AF ON

Compose your shot and set the focus by aiming the centre focus icon at a definite target at the precise distance you want, (Say a tree branch where a bird is about to land, or on second base where the player’s foot will land) and pressing the “AE-L/AF-L” button near the viewfinder. This will focus the lens
Now press and hold the shutter button. As soon as something comes into focus the shutter will fire. Much faster than Human reflexes
Regards, Ken

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