5DII users......There must be a better way....

....of taking a photograph.

At the moment it's as follow:

1.Half press shutter button to focus
2.Release shutter button back to it's out position
3.Then fully depress shutter button to take photograph

This might be the only way to take it on a the 5DII but I find it annoying.???

Then again, I might be a bit of a plonker and have set the camera up wrongly.:o

Either way, I hope someone can enlighten me.

sirchocolate-teapot wrote in post #12183923
....of taking a photograph.

At the moment it's as follow:

1.Half press shutter button to focus
2.Release shutter button back to it's out position
3.Then fully depress shutter button to take photograph

This might be the only way to take it on a the 5DII but I find it annoying.???

Then again, I might be a bit of a plonker and have set the camera up wrongly.:o

Either way, I hope someone can enlighten me.

Maybe I'm missing something here but why do you need to release the shutter after you half-press to focus? Can't you just press it all the way to take the shot?

^that or maybe put the focus in the back button?

Before we go down the back button focus path......

I am also curious why the OP thinks they have to release the shutter button after half pressing. Seems to me that you are just asking your camera to refocus once you release the half press and then press the shutter button again.

I once used up an entire bottle of shampoo because the directions on the bottle said, "wash, rinse, repeat".


John

I think Lightrules is about to be dethroned.

jwcdds wrote in post #12184028
I think Lightrules is about to be dethroned.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm sure he will be thrilled if that happens.

musashi wrote in post #12183983
^that or maybe put the focus in the back button?

That's what I did (put the focus in the back button). I love it!

LOL...looks like OP never spent any time reading the manual!

All right, now I heed to know what Lightrules question was?!?! Can some one hook me up with a link?

Your camera is broken. I'll take it off your hands for you.

I think the OP's L lenses are the root of the problem here. I will gladly exchange them for my non-L's!

If you said you'd fully pressed the shutter release button at step 1 I'd have thought you had mirror lockup on. If you really are just half pressing at step 1 I've no idea why you are releasing the shutter button before fully pressing it.

sirchocolate-teapot wrote in post #12183923
1.Half press shutter button to focus
2.Release shutter button back to it's out position
3.Then fully depress shutter button to take photograph

Who told you that step 2 was necessary? You can just remove that from the sequence completely. The actual sequence is to just use steps 1 and 3 - half press the button to focus (and spin up the IS if applicable) then just press a little harder and take the shot when ready.

Step 2 just means that the camera will have to focus again, when you press the button the second time. However, if you are now just doing a full press without a pause at the 'half press' point, the camera may not have time to focus properly before you trip the shutter. If you are using AI servo focusing, the camera needs a pause to assess the focusing as focus is predictive, so it has to be able to calculate the changes in distance over time, and work out where the target will be when the shutter fires, then focus ahead of it to allow it to move into focus. Ideally, with AI servo, you want to track the subject with the button half pressed until it reaches where you want to take the shot(s) then just press the button the rest of the way, so youm don't interupt thye focusing. You can back off to the half press position and then fully press again to take further shots without affecting the focus tracking. Take your finger off and you have to start the focusing all over again.

If you should put an IS lens on the camera and shoot your way, it will screw up your shots, as the half press also spins up the IS system and it takes it a few moments (up to a second with some lenses) to stabilise. It will do that whilst you hold the shutter at half press, but if you use step 2 and take your finger off, it will shut the IS down again. If you then suddenly press the shutter the whole way from that position, the shot will be taken with the IS jumping into life and still trying to settle down. That will likely introduce an effect similar to camera shake.

jwcdds wrote in post #12184028
I think Lightrules is about to be dethroned.

This one takes the cake...seriously.

LightRules wrote in post #12184442
This one takes the cake...seriously.

[GIFS ARE NOT RENDERED IN QUOTES]

Ahahahaha, I was wondering when you were going to chime in and relinquish your Championship Belt.

But yeah, I think this one's got you beat by a country mile.