So, going to shoot some riding tonight with my 550d, and I’m after some advice re focus when using video.
I’ll be filming some riding down a set of steps, and as such the subject (rider) will be moving away/towards the camera, now I don’t want to be manually focusing using the lens (not had enough practice at this so will probably twist the wrong way) and I’m not keen on the continuous auto focus the camera itself tries to do.
So question is, can I just use a smaller aperture and increase the amount of the area that is in focus, ie, set the largest number (smallest) aperture I can and the whole scene will be in focus (more or less)?
Any other tips (and tips for riding nasty steps with corners and bridges in the middle)?