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Why You Shouldn’t Rely on Auto White Balance

November 15, 2011 by Steve Berardi 4 Comments

Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
Don’t you love it when something is “automatic”? It’s just one less thing to worry about, right?

Well, as you probably already know, “automatic” doesn’t always work (especially when it comes to cameras). But, that’s what makes photography so fun 🙂

One of those automatic features of your camera that doesn’t always work is white balance.

[Read more…] about Why You Shouldn’t Rely on Auto White Balance

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips Tagged With: auto, automatic, balance, blue, cast, cold, color, jpeg, k, kelvin, landscape, manual, raw, red, temperature, tint, warm, white

Quick Tip for Getting a Faster Autofocus

November 22, 2010 by Steve Berardi 10 Comments

Sometimes autofocus can be really annoying: it’ll search and search for an object to focus on, and either never find it, or go through multiple cycles until it finally finds the right object to focus on. And by that time, you may have already missed the shot–especially if you’re photographing a quick moving subject like birds.

In previous posts, I’ve talked about a few ways you can get better control of your autofocus. But, there’s also a little switch on your lens that can help it focus faster. [Read more…] about Quick Tip for Getting a Faster Autofocus

Filed Under: Tips, Wildlife Tagged With: auto, autofocus, control, fast, focus, full, limit, switch, tip, Wildlife

How To Get Better Control of Autofocus

October 27, 2009 by Steve Berardi 9 Comments

IMG_0482cSometimes autofocus can be really annoying. For some shots it’ll focus on the right part of your subject, but then the very next shot it may choose to focus on something far and away into the background.

In a previous post, I shared a few ways to avoid problems like this, but I just found a new solution that I like a lot better: back-button autofocusing.

Here’s how it works:

Normally, your camera will auto focus when you press the shutter button halfway, but with back-button autofocusing, you have to press a button on the back of the camera instead, giving you complete control of when autofocus is initiated. [Read more…] about How To Get Better Control of Autofocus

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