This PRO FOCUS HACK is AMAZING!

WOW

Great video as usual. I learned the hard way to check everything on the camera every time I went out. I was taking phots at night in Quebec city and I had my ISO set at 1000. The next day I forgot to check it and assumed that it was on Auto ISO; big mistake! It was a sunny day with no clouds and I was taking photos in a park around noon. Well I cursed myself so much after and promised to check all the settings every time I went out. That is my routine now to check all the settings.

This channel is incredible. I've learned so much from you.

I've run into that 'empty memory cards/batteries' problem, except once I forgot to put in my memory card at all. Great video, Simon!

I just forget the memory card entirely

Thanks for the great video. I'm curious to learn what your C1, C2 and C3 settings are. :)

I'm glad I always charge my batteries after and before the shoot, and check my memory cards😅 I separate empty with data

I love your advice: sensible and inspiring. Thank you!

Full card and empty battery - never. Full battery and NO cards - guilty...

Kept the lens cap on when putting the camera into the housing and didn't realise until I was in the water.

I’m new to photography and want to improve. I have a telephoto lens and when I take zoomed in photos, the photos have this fuzzy, almost out-of-focus look that takes away from the sharpness of the photo. It might be the lens but if anyone has any tips for this it would be much appreciated! Also for shooting landscapes is it better to have a high or low aperture?

I am binge watching your videos. You actually give sound advice. 🔥
And I love your photos

incredible video! during it, I immediately went after my camera to see what it has to offer. never had thought some of these tips before, so really really thank you!!!

What are you using on the tripod to hold the long lens I need that

Dud I like how you pronounce your last name it sounds like royalty, sir

Great tips! The "emergency button" - aka, the "Oh, shit!" button

Oh yes with lack of chimping - I did exactly the same thing a few weeks ago - Milky way panorama in a far away place. Checked the pics later to discover the strong wind had caused tiny bits of panning movement in each shot - All useless 😭

Super video. Must admit I would’ve a bit intimidated if I found wolves both in front and behind me!

Olympus has this feature (pro capture mode) for years.

Empty batteries or full memory cards have never happened to me. Not in 40 years. I have 4 batteries for a DSLR.

I have a Sony nex5t it doesn't have the emergency button but it does have the MR on the dial I never use that I'm gonna give it a try thanks

Can you also do these hacks with the Olympus OMD EM1 MARK III?

I love your videos so much and I am a wedding photographer!!!! I always come to your videos first when I am searching for an answer. Truly I respect and appreciate your knowledge! I have learned so much from you Simon.. thank you I am so happy to have found your videos!!!! 🎉❤

Most practical tips I ever get online is from Simon :)

Simon, your in front of the lens presentation is SO MUCH BETTER than when you began posting! We would dare say your 'performance' now is more professional and engaging.

Still producing the best tutorials on YT! Thank you.

I lost this shot, because my memory card was full: I was in an open air seat on top of a double-decker tour bus on Michigan Avenue in Chicago when the bus stopped in traffic directly in front of the Apple Store, which had opened only the week before. I was perfectly positioned to take a picture of the storefront with the Second story window shaped like the Apple logo right in front of me. I raised my digital camera, went to take the picture and got the signal that the memory card was full. I frantically went into review mode, deleted a few shots, just as traffic moved ahead, and the shot of a lifetime was left behind.
From then on, I never went anywhere with my camera without at least a couple of extra memory cards.  💔

It frustrates me no end that older canons don’t allow exposure compensation on Manual mode, making auto iso on Manual mode almost useless! (at least on my old hobby 70d)
Why they never pushed this in a software update is beyond me.. manual with auto iso & exposure compensation seems like it gives u the most ready to go and controllable walk-around settings, otherwise u have to trust the minimum shutter speed setting in Aperture mode or widest aperture in Shutter mode.. which don’t allow the most intuitive or full control..

I have been meaning to try out magicLantern as I’ve heard tht adds the ability, & also focus peaking, but it doesn’t look 100% straightforward & I haven’t gotten around to trying it out.

I always have spare batteries in my camerabag. As soon as a battery is empty, I don't put the empty battery back in my camera bag but in the pocket of my trousers. When I come back home the battery in the pocket of my trousers will remind me to start charging ;-)

I have an M50 MKII, known for it's awfully short battery life 😭 but I only own two batteries. I take my battery charger and a power bank out with me, when one battery depletes I charge it while I use the next one, this gives me over 40K photos before I'm out.. Safe to say I've never ran out 😭

An emergency button... who would have thought...? Thank you Simon! I have set this up and I'm sure it'll come in handy going forward. btw - Great shots of that owl!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I have never ran out of battery or filled up memory card when i wanted to take a shot. what do I win? ;)

These are great tips. Thank you for sharing these tips. I will implement these into my shooting for sure

Absolutely great suggestions! Mostly the first one about putting back your settings to "Fast Action" before you move on. I had one of my best photo ever in 35 years on top of a mountain during a hike when I was 100% alone during a beautiful orange sunset last autumn and suddenly out of nowhere I hear loud shaking in the bush behind me so I turn around and all I see is a huge eagle pop out of the bush and fly in the sky directly in front of the sun, MY GOD it was amazing! I was so happy I still had my 100-400mm on the A7IV or that I wasn't swapping lens when it happened. However I was a bit mad that I forgot my settings on manual focus and F11 instead of automatic bird focus and F5.6 but I still pulled among my best pictures, just that it could had been ever better!

About the "Emergency Button", is there a way to program such thing for the (Sony A7IV)? I used to have a R6 but I ain't going back to Canon with their no-thirdparty policy.

Great tips

Great advice as always Simon. 👏👏👏

Ça fait peur, entre 2 conseils logiques il est obligé d’essayer de vendre sa merde, si au moins les conseils étaient vraiment intéressants!

I shoot Sony FF , and my camera (A7RV) allows me to save 3 Settings for photo and 3 for video, a great feature , not familiar with Canon, but, this is a game changer for me, I have one setting for Portrait, another one for action and the last one for landscape/stills.......there is a dial with the 3 settings to change it ......

My spare memory card lives inside the camera. That's the only reason I care for having a 2nd card slot in the camera. There's almost always at least one memory card in the camera at any time. Usually two.

Elle est chouette la chouette. Bon ok je sors. Bonne année en images et vidéos Master of Sharpness.

Might be a dummy question, but as I set up my emergency button with these settings, as I set my AUTO ISO, the ISO goes up to 204000 - a tad grainy IMO. What to do?

The photo with the owl, heading towards you in flight, is amazing!

Can you slow down the instructions for the emergency settings please.

Wonderful tips, Simon! Your suggestions are incredibly helpful and spot-on! The examples from your work are incredible, thank you so much for sharing them!

Thanks for the e-book

Good pointers! I'm going to check the emergency button!

Actually! Preparation is half the photo. After decades, I find myself still putting the camera down with the last settings. At the time of analogue photography this wasn't a problem - there were only a few settings. Today it takes a lot of time to restore a solid basic attitude. For this reason, I operate my Nikon Z fc exactly like an analogue with autofocus and an "always right lens" with 35mm.

You are a walking talking encyclopedia of photography.

Canon R5 Register / Recall - does anyone use this customized function? I have been trying for ~ 10 hrs to make this work without luck. I have watched Simon's, Duade's, and Jan's, video's... and it simply doesn't work on my camera. I have seen a post that has similar symptoms on the R3 that indicates the panning assist needs to be disabled, but the panning assist option doesn't exist on R5. So if anyone has some insight I would appreciate it