Using the drive menu to help improve your shots

We have seen that there's more to a camera’s drive mode than simply allowing you to shoot a prodigious number of photographs quickly. Camera manufacturers pride themselves on pushing the boundaries so while shooting speeds might not get too much faster, what will improve is shooting capacity, even more accurate AF/AE tracking and better electronic shutter performance. Indeed, we have already seen the first camera with a global electronic shutter in the Sony A9 III.

Focus bracketing, high-res modes and pre-capture shooting are especially exciting, giving us fresh photo opportunities to explore. If you own a mirrorless camera with such features, now is a good time to try them out.

1/320 sec at f/13

X1/320 sec at f/13

Will Cheung

The right step

I like including figures in pictures but they have to look right to fit the composition. The combination of dark clouds and a glistening North Sea provided a marvellous backdrop and all I needed was human interest. I spotted a man coming along the promenade studying his phone. I framed up and pressed the shutter button when he entered the frame, got a handful of shots, including the one with his foot just about to hit the ground. Perfect.