Hi all,
First thing I did when I bought my latest camera was
A. - read the manual
B. Figure out how to turn off all the bells and whistles.
Well, I may have made a mistake. The Sony A77 has this feature called Object Tracking. Basically you focus on the point of interest (camera set to continuous focus) and it tracks that point throughout wherever you move the frame, be it side to side, up/down or moving forward and backwards (by feet or by zoom).
Has anyone used this function significantly? How accurate is it?
I'm thinking it could be good for portraits where I can focus on the eye and have the model moving around. Would it maintain focus that accurately?
I usually focus and recompose rather than keep changing focus points but that takes a few moments in which time model (or myself) can move so the shot is out of focus.
Ditto for food shots, I usually have very little time to take the shots so I would rather shoot without a tripod. Getting several compositions inside 30 seconds doesn't allow time to change focus points.
And any other features people think (any camera) is a great boon and is under utilised you wish to bring to the fore and discuss?
Thanks.
Graham