Ring shot

joshhuntnm

thanks, again, Dawson for letting me use the 70 - 200 IS 2.8

Scott_Quier

Warning - a rough comment comming

Yup, the 70-200 f/2.8L IS is an awsome lens. Too bad the focus was off in this shot! You got her bodice and his right hand in focus.

JDub

Have to agree with scott, nice shot, but its out of focus. I hate when that happens to me!! I usually take about 5 of the same shot, with various focusing and aperture settings to make sure I get it. Nice angle and cropping however!

bob2525

Many times the focusing limiter switch is forgotten about. If it's set to 3 meters instead of 1.5 and you're trying to focus on something that's less than 3, this can happen. (Never to me of course) :-)
Just my .02

Bob

joshhuntnm

bob2525 wrote:

Many times the focusing limiter switch is forgotten about. If it's set to 3 meters instead of 1.5 and you're trying to focus on something that's less than 3, this can happen. (Never to me of course) :-)
Just my .02

Bob

this is my son's glass, so i never read the instructions. Explain that focus limiter to me, please?

bob2525

It's my understanding that this switch helps the lens to lock onto closer subjects if set at the 1.5 meter setting. My older 70-200 f2.8 non-stabilized and my newer 300 f4 IS doesn't lock onto subjects that are under 3 meters if set at 3 meters. I hope this helps, and if someone can explain it better, please feel free to do so.

Bob

mmmatt

yeah, it helps the lens focus faster at a given range but it bites you sometimes if you don't change it. My 135f2L has the same kind of switch on it. How are you picking your focus points josh? Are you using the multi controller, center point, or are you using all the points at once? Using the multi controller helps you out quite a bit and helps with comps too. pulling your focus point from the center of the frame is really helpful when composing.

Matt

joshhuntnm

mmmatt wrote:

yeah, it helps the lens focus faster at a given range but it bites you sometimes if you don't change it. My 135f2L has the same kind of switch on it. How are you picking your focus points josh? Are you using the multi controller, center point, or are you using all the points at once? Using the multi controller helps you out quite a bit and helps with comps too. pulling your focus point from the center of the frame is really helpful when composing.

Matt

I am used to using my 24 - 105 f/4 L. with it being f/4 i have gotten in the habit of using the multipoint. the DOF is wide enough that it doesn't get me in trouble. I just need to be more careful with this 2.8

joshhuntnm

fyi
the focus problem is made worse, by the way, because this is a crop. this is the full pic