Canon 50D Sports setting

Mike UrsethMike Urseth Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
edited January 26, 2010 in Cameras
Canon 50D Sports setting
<hr style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> I have a 50D that I love, except for one thing. My main use for the 50D is shooting hunting dogs and flying birds, so the "sports" setting (or at least the "motor drive") is critical. I use a Canon L series 70-200 f4 lens. More depth of field would save many a shot.

In sport mode and good light it will set ISO 100, 1/1600 sec and f4 or such, always defaulting to the low ISO, fast shutter and low f-stop.

I can't find a way to get the motor drive along with either manual exposure or a setting that will prevent the camera from defaulting to wide open aperture.

What am I missing?

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  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2010
    Mike Urseth wrote:
    What am I missing?

    The "AF - Drive" button on the top? Push that and then the main wheel sets the AF mode, and the thumb (back) wheel changes the drive mode (single shot, continous low speed, continuos fast, timer release).
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited January 26, 2010
    Mike Urseth wrote:
    Canon 50D Sports setting
    <hr style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> I have a 50D that I love, except for one thing. My main use for the 50D is shooting hunting dogs and flying birds, so the "sports" setting (or at least the "motor drive") is critical. I use a Canon L series 70-200 f4 lens. More depth of field would save many a shot.

    In sport mode and good light it will set ISO 100, 1/1600 sec and f4 or such, always defaulting to the low ISO, fast shutter and low f-stop.

    I can't find a way to get the motor drive along with either manual exposure or a setting that will prevent the camera from defaulting to wide open aperture.

    What am I missing?

    Don't use the sports setting. Learn to shoot manually or in Tv or Av mode, which give you much better control over the camera. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/deal.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2010
    Mike Urseth wrote:
    Canon 50D Sports setting
    <hr style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> I have a 50D that I love, except for one thing. My main use for the 50D is shooting hunting dogs and flying birds, so the "sports" setting (or at least the "motor drive") is critical. I use a Canon L series 70-200 f4 lens. More depth of field would save many a shot.

    In sport mode and good light it will set ISO 100, 1/1600 sec and f4 or such, always defaulting to the low ISO, fast shutter and low f-stop.

    I can't find a way to get the motor drive along with either manual exposure or a setting that will prevent the camera from defaulting to wide open aperture.

    What am I missing?
    What are you missing? How about manual mode? For situations where the light isn't changing much, manual mode is the ticket. You control the ISO, shutter speed, and the aperture. If the light is changing a lot, then you might be better off in Av (you set the aperture for your required DOF) and the ISO and the camera does what it needs for the shutter speed. The watch the shutter speed and adjust the ISO as you need to in order to maintain a desired speed.

    As pyry indicated, set your drive mode to the setting you need for what you are shooting.

    Finally, words I've learned to live by, "The computer in your camera is stupid. All it knows is what it sees through the lens but is usually unable to interpret it correctly. Use your brain - you are ALWAYS more informed than is that stupid computer."
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  • Mike UrsethMike Urseth Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited January 26, 2010
    Thank you. I got it now.
    pyry wrote:
    The "AF - Drive" button on the top? Push that and then the main wheel sets the AF mode, and the thumb (back) wheel changes the drive mode (single shot, continous low speed, continuos fast, timer release).

    Thanks to all for the quick response. It was straight forward once I got my head wrapped around it. I was trying to modify the sport setting, rather than add the motor drive to the Av or manual. Thick skull. This will improve my shooting results.

    Cheers!
  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2010
    Mike Urseth wrote:
    Thanks to all for the quick response. It was straight forward once I got my head wrapped around it. I was trying to modify the sport setting, rather than add the motor drive to the Av or manual. Thick skull. This will improve my shooting results.

    Cheers!

    Yeah, the scene modes are locked up pretty good. I agree with Richard and Scott in recommending the other end of the mode selector :D

    Especially if you are looking for DOF control, Av or M is the way to do it.

    Glad you got it figured out thumb.gif
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