TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

APERTURE MODE

Dan advised Chris to select Aperture Priority mode (Av on the mode dial), and then open the aperture all the way to let in as much light as possible and achieve faster shutter speeds – an aperture value of f/2.8 is ideal. Don’t worry if your lens doesn’t open this wide: you’ll just need to increase the ISO a bit until you get a shutter speed of 1/1000 sec or faster, so your images might be a little noisy.

AI SERVO AF

We used the ‘Q’ Quick Menu to change the autofocus mode to AI Servo, which allows you to continually refocus on the active AF point as long as you hold down the shutter button. This makes it much easier to