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EOS 90D How to Toggle Between Drive Modes

noleks
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I have searched this forum and the 90d owner's manual to no avail...

Is there a way to assign a button to toggle between two drive modes (single shot and high speed burst)?  Maybe the back AF button for example would be a good candidate for this.

I find myself toggling this constantly while taking photos of my son's sporting events (rowing).

I have been using sports mode but if I can create a custom mode that mimics it and has this functionality, I will do the work!

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noleks
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Hi:

I apologize for the delay in responding here with photos but I have been learning to use my camera and experimenting.

The attached shots 7624-28 (in the next post) and the af points picture show my results with the Tamron 100-400.  The subject (one of my primary subject types) is my son's crew shell mid-race.

Shots 2267, 2272, and 2281 show in each case the first shot of a burst taken with the Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L is II USM.  The photos look well focused IMO and the other members of the bursts look similar to me.


With my untrained eye I see clearer focusing in the pictures with the Canon lens when taking pictures at a greater distance and moving faster.  The only mitigating circumstance I can think of here is that the AF points for the rowing pictures are not fully occupied by the rowers, however, what is inside the focus point is not great anyway.  The Canon lens has been out a while now but I'm thinking about saving up for a used one anyway- it seems to produce a nice result with this body and would be useful for many years based on what I expect to have as subjects.  It's a lot more money but I only get one chance to record my sons growing up.CanonCanonCanonCanonCanonCanon

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normadel
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You said "perhaps the sports mode has a little more flexibility to modify the shutter speed to get the best exposure."

The Basic Zone modes (Sports, macro, Portrait etc.) don't give you more flexibility. They give LESS flexibility....more settings predetermined by Canon. A camera like the 90D requires a lot of learning. You don't get that with Basic modes. You get "point & shoot" automation.

noleks
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I'm trying to learn.

The mode used for the rowing shots was manual 1/1000 f/6.3 iso 320 and for the power boat shots it was shutter priority ae at 1/2000s f/5.6 iso 320.

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