Typically, when you're in MF mode on a Canon, you can half-press the shutter and if you're in focus, that little red light on the focal point will flash, letting you know that you're in focus there...
It's that way on the 40d, and I'm pretty sure it's that way on the original Digital Rebel, so my guess is your XT is the same...
Actually the red light only confirms which sensor is being used, to confirm focus, you need to look for the green dot on the right hand side of the viewfinder. If you have focus, the green dot will show when you push the button down halfway, otherwise, it will not show.
Btw, I used Live View (for the first time) to get manual focus right...I was able to zoom into my subject on the screen and confirm what looked like the best focus.
Btw, I used Live View (for the first time) to get manual focus right...I was able to zoom into my subject on the screen and confirm what looked like the best focus.
Hmm...
This is a crop of a wide shot. I had little time to rotate the brolly and snap it off. It was shot at f/2.8 so DOF worked really well for me here.
My comments may be out of place on this forum, however I do think this is not only an exceptional shot for the assignment but it is a really great shot too. You should let Taylor see this!
EXIF:
50mm
ISO 200
F/2.2
1/8
Lit with ambient lighting and a Maglight flashlight with a kleenex taped to it as a diffuser.
My own critique...
I wanted the logo to be in focus, and it seems to be, but so are the strings, so I have two focal points. I'm not experienced enough to know why that happened, or how to correct it, other than that they're at the same depth, lens-wise, even though they are physically far apart. I didn't necessarily want to crop it, because I didn't want to lose the fact that it is a guitar...
Edit: On second look, and looking more closely at the guitar, the logo and the place where the strings are in focus are the same depth... Oh Well.
Actually the red light only confirms which sensor is being used, to confirm focus, you need to look for the green dot on the right hand side of the viewfinder. If you have focus, the green dot will show when you push the button down halfway, otherwise, it will not show.
Btw, I used Live View (for the first time) to get manual focus right...I was able to zoom into my subject on the screen and confirm what looked like the best focus.
OK. Interesting. Thank you. I guess this is a situation for me where assumptions are far less accurate than reading the manual.
My comments may be out of place on this forum, however I do think this is not only an exceptional shot for the assignment but it is a really great shot too. You should let Taylor see this!
Cheers,
David
Thank You David.
I'll definitely consider it. I've never done anything like that, so would have no idea how to approach it. Any suggestions? Maybe PM would be a better place to chat about this?
Hmm...
This is a crop of a wide shot. I had little time to rotate the brolly and snap it off. It was shot at f/2.8 so DOF worked really well for me here.
David, nice "catrait" (tm:-) Good lighting!
A bit too centered and a bit loose crop for my taste though..
Also, despite f/2.8 I was looking for even shallower DOF mostly by decreasing the distance to the subject.
Ok, another try. Nothing has been cropped from the front (since that's the assignment!), but I did trim the back and sides a little (to exclude the distracting edge and handle of the case)
Since it's now daylight, this was actually the new flash mixed with some ambient light streaming through the part-closed living room shutters, which was kind of cool. Still learning how to manipulate the camera with the flash; this was AV 1/100 @4.0 with the flash bounced up on the ceiling w/FEC subtracting a stop and a half (I think). I did, in the end, stick with AF, but the improved and different light meant that the ole 50mm cooperated a little better!
Ok, another try. Nothing has been cropped from the front (since that's the assignment!), but I did trim the back and sides a little (to exclude the distracting edge and handle of the case)
Since it's now daylight, this was actually the new flash mixed with some ambient light streaming through the part-closed living room shutters, which was kind of cool. Still learning how to manipulate the camera with the flash; this was AV 1/100 @4.0 with the flash bounced up on the ceiling w/FEC subtracting a stop and a half (I think). I did, in the end, stick with AF, but the improved and different light meant that the ole 50mm cooperated a little better!
I like it! Thank you. very nice entry! Glad you worked it out with 50mm!
I like it! Thank you. very nice entry! Glad you worked it out with 50mm!
Thanks! I actually am sad I didn't have the flash last week... I could've played around with this idea for "Polished" in #8....
Also, I think I misspoke: this must have been on either shutter or P, since when in AV I was using 2.0 to go for shallowest dof possible; the fact that the EXIF says this is 4.0 suggests the camera chose the aperture.... hmmmm...
Which all begs the question - how on earth does one REMEMBER settings after the fact when there are so many variables? Exif is great as far as it goes, but it doesn't seem to tell me everything. Do all you pros take notes so you remember, or is it just trial, error and practice? A way to access full info form the EXIF that I haven't learned about yet? Just curious
Which all begs the question - how on earth does one REMEMBER settings after the fact when there are so many variables? Exif is great as far as it goes, but it doesn't seem to tell me everything. Do all you pros take notes so you remember, or is it just trial, error and practice? A way to access full info form the EXIF that I haven't learned about yet? Just curious
Thanks again!
You mean, apart from EXIF, i.e. lighting setup/settings and such? I guess I simply try to remember what worked and what not (mostly importantly what didn't:-). After a while you start noticing patterns and it becomes much easier altoghether, since you don't have to remember "usecases", you can build the one you need quickly each time from scratch.
Ok, another try. Nothing has been cropped from the front (since that's the assignment!), but I did trim the back and sides a little (to exclude the distracting edge and handle of the case)
Since it's now daylight, this was actually the new flash mixed with some ambient light streaming through the part-closed living room shutters, which was kind of cool. Still learning how to manipulate the camera with the flash; this was AV 1/100 @4.0 with the flash bounced up on the ceiling w/FEC subtracting a stop and a half (I think). I did, in the end, stick with AF, but the improved and different light meant that the ole 50mm cooperated a little better!
The other thing you can do is shine a flashlight at the point where you want to focus. Once you lock in the focus switch to manual. I am pretty sure I picked up this tip on Dgrin somewhere.
My new camera is still breaking me in, but I am learning...
Unfortunatly I was not equipped well for this, the lens that I had to use was a 50mm f/1.8 the kit lens only got me down to f/3.5... too much depth for this?
My new camera is still breaking me in, but I am learning...
Unfortunatly I was not equipped well for this, the lens that I had to use was a 50mm f/1.8 the kit lens only got me down to f/3.5... too much depth for this?
Thank you, good shallow DOF!
Now let's try to some more interesting subject and play with lighting, too:-)
Actually the red light only confirms which sensor is being used, to confirm focus, you need to look for the green dot on the right hand side of the viewfinder. If you have focus, the green dot will show when you push the button down halfway, otherwise, it will not show.
Btw, I used Live View (for the first time) to get manual focus right...I was able to zoom into my subject on the screen and confirm what looked like the best focus.
Just for clarity, I looked this up in the manual for the 40d, because I was still confused...
"If you press the shutter button halfway during manual focusing, the active AF point and the focus confirmation light in the viewfinder will light when focus is achieved."
So yes, when focus is achieved, both the AF point and the green dot in the corner of the viewfinder will light. I believe that if one lights the other will always be lit as well...
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Shot with a 40D + 50mm F/1.4 @ F/1.4, handheld ISO 800 just 3 minutes ago Sharpening in post + WB adjustment, nothing more, nothing less
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Shot with a 40D + 50mm F/1.4 @ F/1.4, handheld ISO 800 just 3 minutes ago Sharpening in post + WB adjustment, nothing more, nothing less
I tried to light this little Orcs face, but I wasn't able to keep the chest from being lit at the same time. I might keep trying.
ISO400, F/2.8, 60mm, 1/125s shutter speed.
Thanks.
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Actually the red light only confirms which sensor is being used, to confirm focus, you need to look for the green dot on the right hand side of the viewfinder. If you have focus, the green dot will show when you push the button down halfway, otherwise, it will not show.
Btw, I used Live View (for the first time) to get manual focus right...I was able to zoom into my subject on the screen and confirm what looked like the best focus.
This is a crop of a wide shot. I had little time to rotate the brolly and snap it off. It was shot at f/2.8 so DOF worked really well for me here.
Cheers,
David
OK. Interesting. Thank you. I guess this is a situation for me where assumptions are far less accurate than reading the manual.
Thanks!
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Thank You David.
I'll definitely consider it. I've never done anything like that, so would have no idea how to approach it. Any suggestions? Maybe PM would be a better place to chat about this?
Thanks
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A bit too centered and a bit loose crop for my taste though..
Also, despite f/2.8 I was looking for even shallower DOF mostly by decreasing the distance to the subject.
Since it's now daylight, this was actually the new flash mixed with some ambient light streaming through the part-closed living room shutters, which was kind of cool. Still learning how to manipulate the camera with the flash; this was AV 1/100 @4.0 with the flash bounced up on the ceiling w/FEC subtracting a stop and a half (I think). I did, in the end, stick with AF, but the improved and different light meant that the ole 50mm cooperated a little better!
Thanks! I actually am sad I didn't have the flash last week... I could've played around with this idea for "Polished" in #8....
Also, I think I misspoke: this must have been on either shutter or P, since when in AV I was using 2.0 to go for shallowest dof possible; the fact that the EXIF says this is 4.0 suggests the camera chose the aperture.... hmmmm...
Which all begs the question - how on earth does one REMEMBER settings after the fact when there are so many variables? Exif is great as far as it goes, but it doesn't seem to tell me everything. Do all you pros take notes so you remember, or is it just trial, error and practice? A way to access full info form the EXIF that I haven't learned about yet? Just curious
Thanks again!
You mean, apart from EXIF, i.e. lighting setup/settings and such? I guess I simply try to remember what worked and what not (mostly importantly what didn't:-). After a while you start noticing patterns and it becomes much easier altoghether, since you don't have to remember "usecases", you can build the one you need quickly each time from scratch.
The other thing you can do is shine a flashlight at the point where you want to focus. Once you lock in the focus switch to manual. I am pretty sure I picked up this tip on Dgrin somewhere.
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Unfortunatly I was not equipped well for this, the lens that I had to use was a 50mm f/1.8 the kit lens only got me down to f/3.5... too much depth for this?
Now let's try to some more interesting subject and play with lighting, too:-)
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Just for clarity, I looked this up in the manual for the 40d, because I was still confused...
"If you press the shutter button halfway during manual focusing, the active AF point and the focus confirmation light in the viewfinder will light when focus is achieved."
So yes, when focus is achieved, both the AF point and the green dot in the corner of the viewfinder will light. I believe that if one lights the other will always be lit as well...
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Why do people post their equipment in their sig. Isn't it kind of like bragging? That having been said...
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Shot with a 40D + 50mm F/1.4 @ F/1.4, handheld ISO 800 just 3 minutes ago
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Nice shallow DOF!
Shutter Speed: 1/64 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
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I'll think up a better subject to focus on. Then, I'll re-shoot.
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Cripes! Alright, think and re-think the subject time.
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I tried to light this little Orcs face, but I wasn't able to keep the chest from being lit at the same time. I might keep trying.
ISO400, F/2.8, 60mm, 1/125s shutter speed.
Thanks.
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Yeah, chest is definitely overlit :-(