BACK-BUTTON FOCUS DEMYSTIFIED: Learn why back-button focus is great for photographers!
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Published 2022-06-13
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Back-button focus is very popular amongst advanced photographers, especially wildlife, bird, and sports photographers, and there are good reasons why. Separating the focus mechanism from the shutter allows for much more control and flexibility in many situations. Let me take you through how it works, situations where it can be helpful, and even how to set it up on my Canon 7D II, R5 and R6. I'll even show you how to set up 2 back buttons for an always-ready action setting!
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All Comments (21)
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Let me know if you got this to work on your camera, and what model it was. Viewers would like to know I’m sure!
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Having watched countless hours of videos by many of the most popular photography tutorial producers on youtube, I would say yours are consistently among the most clear, well-organized, detailed and helpful.This is another gem. Thanks!
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You are simply the best presenter on photographic topics Simon. No fluff or gimmicky style.
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This man single handedly improved my knowledge two-fold in two weeks and about 15 videos! Amazing approach of practically showing how to set options and what is their purpose. Amazing ! Keep up the good work, Simon
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I just gasped in amazement when you showed back button focus on the bird at the 3 minute mark. I had no idea this was how it works. I've leared so much from you in just a few videos. You are the Gold Standard for youtube tutorial videos!
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This is the first time someone has explained in a practical way. I have seen numerous videos on this, but they never actually show how you are supposed to use it.
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You know that I’ve been using back focus with my Sony cameras and never realized I could focus then release and my subject stays in focus. Just tried it and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
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Your videos are like nobody else’s on YouTube!! I’ve watched so many back button focus videos and got so lost in technical details that I never even made it to set up. Now, after watching yours, I’ve just set back button focus on my camera and it’s going to be life changing! I’m very excited to use it from now on, thank you! Your videos are always so perfectly explained, you have the gift of teaching and encouraging as well as your photography talents.
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Definitely one of the best instructors on YouTube. Clear, concise, loads of examples, well considered reasons. Just amazing. Thank you.
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This is proof that most cameras are better than most photographers. Amazing video and excellent explanations. Thanks Simon.
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Another advantage of back-button focus is that you always can adjust your focus manually without switching the lens to manual focus. Great for fine tuning or adjustments without changing the composition.
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I love how CUTE your Bird-Model-Subject is at 3:15 that long chirp is pure gold for my ears and heartwarming, don't know why :)
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any body can set it up but you are the only one I know of that explained it and I was able to use it properly thanks a million
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I have been using youtube for more than 10 years and I have never been so mystified by the content from a youtuber like this before! I cant put in words how glad i am to have found your channel! incredible content, really helpful and thorough, please never stop! big fan!
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How have I not had this explained to me in such a manner before?! This solves soo many situations I've been in recently where I got frustrated with extra effort it took to get some pretty simple shots of butterflies in the grass, or bluetits in birch trees, for instance. Thank you so much! This clicked immediately for me, now I just got to get used to it in practice! :)
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Man, i laughed out loud when, having melted my tiny brain, you cracked a smile and said 'At first, this won't be intuitive'. True that. Back i go to my Pentax and Olympus manuals to try and work this mumbo-jumbo out. Cheers for furthering my education, yet again.
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The back button is extremely useful and I have been using it for almost 3 years now. I have a Sony 7RV.
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Amazing, this is the first video (of many!) that I’ve watched which actually shows you back button focus scenarios in action - rather trying to explain it in words. At long last, I get it!
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Great video! You have a natural way of giving clear explanations, and also why we would want to do it rather than just how to do it. Looking forward to the next video!
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I've always heard it's a good thing and basically mandatory to enable it, but nobody ever told me why and my skepticism won so I never enabled it, thank you for actually explaining why it's good
