u need a few 1.4 and maybe a 0.95

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Lots of chickens

D7000 70-300 vr2


What this mean? Better use dynamic track with minimum focus point?

For shooting the running horse to my direction
What is the best autofocus setting to use?
1)  AF-S or
2) AF-C
I think af-c better since I can track the horse and burst, but I always get blur image when burst shot

And for AF-Area Mode, what is better?
1) Single-Point 
2) dynamic
3) 3D

Autofocus speed will change depend on the autofocus setting right? 
And I suppose single point will be fastest, and then the dynamic 9 point?

I tried to use the af-c single point af area mode, but seems I hardly get sharp image even use shutter 2000.

Thinking to try use Af-c dynamic 9 point next time.

This is the sample of lost focus shot, donno why it lost focus because
I shot at max 300mm or
I donno how to focus properly or
Shutter too slow at 1/1000


photo by Popcorn513, on Flickr

obviously AF-C.
AF-area, stick to single point with d7000.

uhh af tracking with lock-on...if u google u will understand...the obvious shortest time makes the lens re-focus as fast as it should.
not sure why u want to worry about optimal sharpness...if u view at say 800x600 or even print that out at 4R it'll look perfectly fine...unless u got greater needs...

your lens aperture not big enough

change to FF + Faster aperture lense that should do it

MONEY ALWAYS IS THE ISSUE

you bring stair to pasar to shoot this?
nice chicks anyway

Sifus,

I have a problem, When I switch on my Nikon D90 On the LCD "Err" is flashing.

dust problem? shud i send the body n lenses to service centre?

Kindly advise.

Single Point (Middle) and AF-C
If you use large aperture like f/2.8 then your DOF will be more shallow, so use smaller aperture to get more DOF

If the image Out Of Focus, the fast shutter speed won't make any difference.

Also when you use AF-C mode, there are additional settings in the menu like Release when LOCK-ON (or something like that), which means, it only allow you to capture the image when it's actually LOCKED ON (but this doesn't mean it's 100% accurate, just it won't let you capture if the camera didn't lock on focus).
Another setting is how long delay before it re-focus, by default there is some delay, so it won't refocus when the subject moves. For your scenario, the subject is moving towards you, so you might not want the delay? Try and experiment it yourself, but firstly, using smaller aperture will help. Shooting in broad daylight, you don't need to use the largest aperture available on your lens.

AF-C
and 3D mode is my fav mode of all! 99% usage

Works fine in most situation!
Making focus and recompose so much easier!

Hi, morning... i dont recall my old D90 if having dust LCD "ERROR" flashing. sometimes is due to lens didnt mount properly / the connection of the lens to the lens mount is oily.

Check out here....http://photographylife.com/nikon-dslr-error-messages

This post has been edited by leongkokloon: May 2 2013, 11:23 AM

Thank You Bro.

u got D4...this one D7000...diff league

You using old AF-D lens ?

Hi, Im using Sigma 17-70 f2.8-4. And 50mm 1.8G. if its because of the mount, i cn clean it myself or send to service centre is better?

try to use clean it urself first... make sure becareful. if error still persists, send to service.

if i use 3D tracking for still shoot or portrait most of the time will OOF

Okay Bro, will do it... thank you very much.

heheh me too

AF-C + 3D makes my life easier for general shoots with moving subject or recomposing..
I uses AF-S + Auto Area for the rest of the time though...