a lot of my pics turn out blur. i wonder what object the lens focused on.
is there a limit to the range we can focus objects? coz i was actually very far from the action. like 1/4 of a field + 8 lanes (of running track) away.
Hi Rp,
I would like to help if I can.
Could you please tell me the following:
Equipment and Conditions
1) What where you shooting/where?
2) Lighting/weather condition?
3) Position of the sun (more important: was the sun shining towards you or at any time as you pointed the lens around, did the sun shine towards or into the lens?)
4) What camera and lens were you using?
5) How did you set up your AF?
6) How many points were you using, if you set a particular point, aka, did you 'expand' the AF points of your camera has that provision?
7) ISO, shutter speed and aperture used?
Shooting
8) Before you actually fired, how did you focus/track the subject, and for how long?
9) As you tracked and fired, did it look (in your VF) like your main subject was in focus most of the time, or did you have difficulty keeping the maion subject in focus?
10) Were there many athletes criss-crossing each other like in a football game?
11) What colour of clothes did the atheletes wear? Specifically, did other subjects other than your main subject wear brighter or more contrasty clothes?
12) What did you do when you felt you had enough shots?
13) What was your FPS?
From this basic information, and if you could attach a few of your best and worst photos, we might be able to help you a lot more (specifically) instead of just providing generic advise.
Why so many questions? Because almost all of the above could and/or would affect the way your AF behaves, how the camera behaves and what kind of shots you end up with.