******What is wrong with my 5D MARK II?????? PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!******

my 5d2 has been acting very strange for the past couple of days.

Let's say when i focus on one point and take the picture. after taking that picture, the centre focuing point is not in the point that i focused on. it's like the focusing points are shaking ups and downs... and also i can't focus some times even by using the center focusing point on people's face in sunlight condition.

and can you guys see the pictures that i take with 5D2 and 24L for my computer screen... it's green.......OMG..

what happened to my camera? can anyone help???

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The color on the screen is probably an artifact of the LCD display and the angle from which you took the shot, not your camera. Take a look at your LCD monitor and move around - depending on the type of technology used in the display, you'll probably notice that it darkens and maybe changes color the further you move away from looking straight at the screen.

It's difficult to know what's happening with your focusing, and I'm not sure from your description exactly what the issue is. Can you post any samples that will show what you're talking about?

stsva wrote in post #14203209
The color on the screen is probably an artifact of the LCD display and the angle from which you took the shot, not your camera. Take a look at your LCD monitor and move around - depending on the type of technology used in the display, you'll probably notice that it darkens and maybe changes color the further you move away from looking straight at the screen.

It's difficult to know what's happening with your focusing, and I'm not sure from your description exactly what the issue is. Can you post any samples that will show what you're talking about?

thanks for the coments, i don't know how to post picture to show the problem as it can only be described

Let me say one example.
For example, i am using my center focusing point to focus on the model's eyes. and after taking a picture of the model with her eyes in foucs, i am ready to take another picture of the her. However , the center focusing point now moved to the model's nose , given that i didn't move my camera.. It's like the center focusing point went down to point to the model's nose from the model's eyes.

This is clearly a case where buying the mk3 would solve the issue

Cheers,

David

MomentForeverImage wrote in post #14203275
thanks for the coments, i don't know how to post picture to show the problem as it can only be described

Let me say one example.
For example, i am using my center focusing point to focus on the model's eyes. and after taking a picture of the model with her eyes in foucs, i am ready to take another picture of the her. However , the center focusing point now moved to the model's nose , given that i didn't move my camera.. It's like the center focusing point went down to point to the model's nose from the model's eyes.

Um, sound's like something is moving to me, maybe the camera or the model or the person holding the camera.

MomentForeverImage wrote in post #14203275
thanks for the coments, i don't know how to post picture to show the problem as it can only be described

Let me say one example.
For example, i am using my center focusing point to focus on the model's eyes. and after taking a picture of the model with her eyes in foucs, i am ready to take another picture of the her. However , the center focusing point now moved to the model's nose , given that i didn't move my camera.. It's like the center focusing point went down to point to the model's nose from the model's eyes.

I can only think of two ways that could happen:
1. Assuming you're using a tripod, the tripod head slipped lower, dropping the point of focus;
2. Something's wrong with your focusing screen and it's somehow moving in the camera. The focus squares in the viewfinder are produced by the focusing screen, and don't affect the actual focus sensor elsewhere in the camera, but it would be harder to focus if the focusing squares are moving around.

There may be other possible explanations also, but these seem the most likely to me.

EDIT: Oops, Scatterbrained already brought up a third possibility, the model moved.

Based on these possible causes, you should be able to fairly easily isolate what's actually going on.

stsva wrote in post #14203328
I can only think of two ways that could happen:
1. Assuming you're using a tripod, the tripod head slipped lower, dropping the point of focus;
2. Something's wrong with your focusing screen and it's somehow moving in the camera. The focus squares in the viewfinder are produced by the focusing screen, and don't affect the actual focus sensor elsewhere in the camera, but it would be harder to focus if the focusing squares are moving around.

There may be other possible explanations also, but these seem the most likely to me.

EDIT: Oops, Scatterbrained already brought up a third possibility, the model moved.

Based on these possible causes, you should be able to fairly easily isolate what's actually going on.

hi there,

not only with the models, but with anything that i shoot with... the focusing square moves randomly.. ups and downs......i am crazy with this ~~~

do you think that i should take the camrea to canon for a check up?

Scatterbrained wrote in post #14203321
Um, sound's like something is moving to me, maybe the camera or the model or the person holding the camera.

seriously, none of the above moves ... it's the focusing square that moves. i tried so many times..

MomentForeverImage wrote in post #14203372
seriously, none of the above moves ... it's the focusing square that moves. i tried so many times..

How do you know for sure nothing is moving? Tripod heads can slip and shift, models are people, and as such do move. Of course, if you are holding the camera in your hand and trying to say that it's the focus points that are moving then, well, I don't know what to tell you.
Keep it Simple. Determine the possible causes of the problem you're having and then determine the likelihood of each cause, then test to try to eliminate the most likely causes first. The likelihood that the focus points themselves are actually moving is pretty low relative to all the other things that could fit within the description you've provided.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #14203407
How do you know for sure nothing is moving? Tripod heads can slip and shift, models are people, and as such do move. Of course, if you are holding the camera in your hand and trying to say that it's the focus points that are moving then, well, I don't know what to tell you.
Keep it Simple. Determine the possible causes of the problem you're having and then determine the likelihood of each cause, then test to try to eliminate the most likely causes first. The likelihood that the focus points themselves are actually moving is pretty low relative to all the other things that could fit within the description you've provided.

been using this camera for quite a few years.. it was not until the last couple of days that i figured out something is moving.... i tried the camera with non moving subject. with models.. so many times.... i can tell it's the focusing square that's moving..sigh....

Try this:
Put camera on a solid table top - get a good target, like a newspaper with a big headline, and tape on the wall so you can focus on the headline with the camera on the table top. Take a series of shots, making sure the camera is not moving, and see if the focus square moves in the viewfinder.

Do the same thing, except shooting while holding the camera - see if the focus square moves due to moving the camera.

If it doesn't move shooting on a table top but does move when shooting handheld, that would be pretty good confirmation that the focusing screen is loose and moving around when you shoot.

Are you shooting in AI-Servo? Is the camera set to automatic focus point selection?

stsva wrote in post #14203467
Try this:
Put camera on a solid table top - get a good target, like a newspaper with a big headline, and tape on the wall so you can focus on the headline with the camera on the table top. Take a series of shots, making sure the camera is not moving, and see if the focus square moves in the viewfinder.

Do the same thing, except shooting while holding the camera - see if the focus square moves due to moving the camera.

If it doesn't move shooting on a table top but does move when shooting handheld, that would be pretty good confirmation that the focusing screen is loose and moving around when you shoot.

Thank, i just tried what you said..
On the table, the focusing square moves....
HandHeld, the focusing square moves too....

all randomly... sometimes it moves down and sometimes it moves back up....

MomentForeverImage wrote in post #14203425
been using this camera for quite a few years.. it was not until the last couple of days that i figured out something is moving.... i tried the camera with non moving subject. with models.. so many times.... i can tell it's the focusing square that's moving..sigh....

Why don't you test to see if they are moving? Put the camera on your desk. Set something in front of it that falls in front of the center point (or whatever point you want to use), plug the camera in via USB and fire up EOS Utility. Activate the shutter via EOS Utility and then when the image opens in Digital Photo Professional you can check to see where the actual focus point is on the image. You can repeat this to your hearts content. DPP tells you where the actual focus points are on the image and which one was used.

garys1 wrote in post #14203496
Are you shooting in AI-Servo? Is the camera set to automatic focus point selection?

NO, It's in ONE SHOT MODE.! I Manually select the focusing point!