10D - AF points

[DieselGirl]

Ok, I need a hand here. I am sure it's in the manual but I can't seem to locate it.

When I am shooting in Tv, or Av mode, I don't see the red AF Points light up so its very difficult to know what is being focused on, as I am also shooting in auto-focus mode. I want to set it to automatic, but am lost.

Help anyone?

[DieselGirl]

nevermind I figured it out.

thanks anyways!

*slaps forehead*

I'm a bit frantic as I have a HUGE shoot this weekend and am just trying to make sure I have all my ducks in a row beforehand.

[timmyquest]

nevermind I figured it out.

thanks anyways!

*slaps forehead*

I'm a bit frantic as I have a HUGE shoot this weekend and am just trying to make sure I have all my ducks in a row beforehand.

I think we all know how that goes.

Last week i hadnt figured out how to adjust the f/stop in manual mode before the football game. I didnt realize i hadnt figured this out untli about a min. before the kickoff, i finally figured it out with about 30 seconds to spare :lol:

[DieselGirl]

Thanks Timmyquest! I don't feel so alone now.

:lol:

[Scottes]

Just wait until the day you shoot an entire morning at ISO 3200....

Don't ask me how I know about this! :wink:

[DieselGirl]

Just wait until the day you shoot an entire morning at ISO 3200....

Don't ask me how I know about this! :wink:

Ok I won't ask....

but you can still tell us right?

[Scottes]

Oh, OK. I was playing one night shooting my cats at ISO 3200 and checking the noise. (It's noisy.)

The next morning I got up about 1/2 hour before early, drove an hour to the beach - in February in New England - to take pictures of the sunrise.

It was a nice sunrise. Fairly colorful, and I got a nice shot of someone running their dog down the beach, silhouetted against the red & yellow & orange sky. Another nice shot was of the edge of a dune, with the beach grass outlines by the colors.

It was windy, so I hoped that the wind wouldn't blur the grass. Luckily, I was getting 1/1000 shutter speeds, so the wind was not a worry.

OK, it's 3 minutes before sunrise, and I'm getting 1/1000 shutter.

Nope, didn't click.

It finally clicked about 20 minutes and a full gig card later, when I was going past the max shutter speed of the 10D. At f/16.


Needless to say, I have never done that again.

[Morden]

Just wait until the day you shoot an entire morning at ISO 3200....

Don't ask me how I know about this! :wink:

I also have experience of inadvertently leaving my 10D on ISO 3200 after taking a few shots that "needed" it; a few dozen photos later and I switched from Manual mode to Program and saw the fast shutter speeds that the camera suggested, which alerted me to my ISO mistake. :roll:

[deermatt]

haha, i did a photoshoot one time, with totally wrong iso, the pics looked good on the lcd, i went to edit them in photoshop, and was completely grainy, i felt like an ass haha

[Seveneer]

Just wait until the day you shoot an entire morning at ISO 3200....

Yes mate, or your sister's wedding at ISO 400.....luckilly I was an usher rather than the photographer :roll:

/Phil.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I stuck a giant label sticker on the top of my 10D's fold up flash..

..it says;

I S O

[timmyquest]

OK, it's 3 minutes before sunrise, and I'm getting 1/1000 shutter.

Nope, didn't click.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

When you posted your original post this is the first thing that crossed my mind.

[spearce6]

Yep, made the ISO mistake too. What pains me even more was reading that there is still no permanent ISO display on the LCD or the viewfinder of the 20D. Are Canon listening to anyone at all??

[Scottes]

OK, it's 3 minutes before sunrise, and I'm getting 1/1000 shutter.

Nope, didn't click.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

When you posted your original post this is the first thing that crossed my mind.


OK, you have to read that again. The important part goes "it was 3 minutes after sunrise..."

:) :) :)

Scary thing is that I had been awake for 2 hours by then, and had consumed 3 mugs of Starbucks.