BBAF and Auto ISO, My Secret Sauce

 With anything in photography Your Mileage May Vary, YMMV. You may differ with me and that's OK. It's all about getting the shot.

I must say in 2015 I learned BBAF in a camera club in AZ. Used it and then discarded it. A few years later I rediscovered it and it has been my primary focus mode.

BBAF - https://youtu.be/5fjwZ7HYtbs

Once I decided that noise was something I could tolerate I primarily use BBAF + Auto ISO .

Manual with Auto ISO - https://youtu.be/UPZPv3Z5t_o

My blog post Auto ISO 

My Blog post Why I Stopped Worring About Hi ISO 

BBAF and Auto, my secret sauce

With anything in photography Your Mileage May Vary. You may differ with me and that's OK. It's all about getting the shot.

I must say in 2015 I learned BBAF in a camera club in AZ. Used it and then discarded it. A few years later I rediscovered it and it has need my primary focus mode.

BBAF https://youtu.be/5fjwZ7HYtbs

Once I decided that noise was something I could tolerate I primarily use Auto ISO .

Manual with Auto ISO https://youtu.be/UPZPv3Z5t_o

As all YMMV.

Auto ISO

This is my go to manual, ok semi auto, setting. But there are times that I choose a specific ISO as low as possible to meet the shooting situation.

Auto ISO

Additional information

   Auto ISO, 

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BUT if you want to take HDR or similar composite shots it's not for you.

Often it is recommend to use exposure compensation to make quick exposure changes. My choice is to use AUTO ISO. Oh but the grain the grain. Yeah? What of it? You're post processing your RAW data aren't you? Who will see your image? Phone, tablet, laptop screen.  That's a different post.