With only three focus points to choose from, I find myself shooting the way Cotty does. With an *ist D, I'm going to enjoy learning how to take advantage of all of those focus points.
Len ---
More than most things I read here. I should have given more detail about how I do things. Most often I decide on the general composition, and chose the AF sensor, before I bring the camera up to my eye. This is similar to picking a focal length lens and then moving to the approximate position you want to shoot from. At times, things change in the viewfinder and I switch AF sensors. How practical this is depends on the layout and controls of the camera.
BR
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Does this make sense?
For me, selecting AF points takes too much time. I simply centre on the subject (running diagonally towards me) lock the focus with my thumb on a focus lock button, re-frame and fire. The whole operation takes less than 1 second. In that time, he has travelled about 6 feet. In the event, I would most likely have him framed big in the finder, so would not need to recompose. The central AF sensor would be covering him as the subject, in which case I would not necessarily lock focus.
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