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Inspeqtor wrote in post #19399867
Just for giggles, where/how do I use the 2 second / 10 second setting?

Thank you for your help, along with everyone else here!!

You find them in the Drive Mode menu (with single shot and continuous shot, etc.) There are a lot of ways to get there but the 2 easiest are with the Drive button on top of the camera, or the Q menu that works on the rear display.

The 3 buttons on the right are delay modes. 10-second, 2-second and Continuous delay, which fires off a specified number of shots after the delay. (Haven't used that last one. Don't know the specifics.)

drsilver wrote in post #19400049
You find them in the Drive Mode menu (with single shot and continuous shot, etc.) There are a lot of ways to get there but the 2 easiest are with the Drive button on top of the camera, or the Q menu that works on the rear display.

The 3 buttons on the right are delay modes. 10-second, 2-second and Continuous delay, which fires off a specified number of shots after the delay. (Haven't used that last one. Don't know the specifics.)

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Thank you!!

Think there was a bit of haze unfortunately.

hobs1466 wrote in post #19400089
Think there was a bit of haze unfortunately.

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It looks good to me!

I hope someone can help me. Occasionally when I want to take moon pictures I struggle getting the moon in focus. I struggled with that tonight. I looked out and there was no clouds near the moon. By the time I got my equipment set up, took out my tripod and mounted my camera to the tripod, I still had a clear view of the moon. Then pointing AT the moon I found it but it quickly went out of focus. My camera settings for shooting the moon I am ALWAYS in Manual mode. I had my 150-600 lens AND my Sigma 2.0 mounted to the body.

Tonight no matter where I pointed I could not get the camera to focus on the moon. It would start getting in focus a tiny bit but then just as quickly it went totally OUT OF FOCUS to where I could not see the moon it was just a black screen. I struggled with it long enough to where the clouds were coming in and blocking the moon.

Does anyone have any idea what my problem would be? I had my ISO up to 2500 hoping the higher setting would help me not have this problem.

When the moon is closer to the full moon THEN I do not have this problem at all. I only have this problem with a skinny moon, although I did get very lucky shot June 30th which I posted that shot here, and I got another good shot last night July 3rd.

Tonight I got nuttin.

Probably try focusing on the edge of the moon where most contrast difference will be; center point only; and you may simply need to go full manual focus using the screen on the back...

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19400280
I hope someone can help me. Occasionally when I want to take moon pictures I struggle getting the moon in focus. I struggled with that tonight. I looked out and there was no clouds near the moon. By the time I got my equipment set up, took out my tripod and mounted my camera to the tripod, I still had a clear view of the moon. Then pointing AT the moon I found it but it quickly went out of focus. My camera settings for shooting the moon I am ALWAYS in Manual mode. I had my 150-600 lens AND my Sigma 2.0 mounted to the body.

Tonight no matter where I pointed I could not get the camera to focus on the moon. It would start getting in focus a tiny bit but then just as quickly it went totally OUT OF FOCUS to where I could not see the moon it was just a black screen. I struggled with it long enough to where the clouds were coming in and blocking the moon.

Does anyone have any idea what my problem would be? I had my ISO up to 2500 hoping the higher setting would help me not have this problem.

When the moon is closer to the full moon THEN I do not have this problem at all. I only have this problem with a skinny moon, although I did get very lucky shot June 30th which I posted that shot here, and I got another good shot last night July 3rd.

Tonight I got nuttin.

markesc wrote in post #19400366
Probably try focusing on the edge of the moon where most contrast difference will be; center point only; and you may simply need to go full manual focus using the screen on the back...

Thank you Chris, but that us what I was trying to do (focusing on the edge, and focusing in manual mode) , but when the screen would turn totally black the location of the moon in my screen would also change and then I would have to 'find' the moon again which would make it more difficult.

Very frustrating!!

Maybe a lot of atmospheric turbulence?

hobs1466 wrote in post #19400385
Maybe a lot of atmospheric turbulence?

Is there a way to find out (at the time it is happening)??

The easiest way is to just look at stars (point sources). The brighter the better. Turbulence and multiple shifting hot/cold layers in the atmosphere is what causes them to twinkle. The more layers there are and the more they are shifting, the more the star twinkles.

hobs1466 wrote in post #19400426
The easiest way is to just look at stars (point sources). The brighter the better. Turbulence and multiple shifting hot/cold layers in the atmosphere is what causes them to twinkle. The more layers there are and the more they are shifting, the more the star twinkles.

Thank you!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19399766
Ordered One Canon RC-6 be here on Tuesday.

My daughter and her family returned to Virginia yesterday.

It did get here on Tuesday (today!)

Reading the instructions I do not understand the instructions.

What does the Release Mode do after 2 seconds? Is the release mode ON or OFF at which location?
Is there a 2 second delay before taking picture?

Taking Pictures: Set the camera drive mode to (?) remote control shooting
I do NOT have the drive mode symbol shown in my camera.

When I point the RC-6 to my camera and press the button NOTHING happens.

So far I am not impressed.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19400543
It did get here on Tuesday (today!)

Reading the instructions I do not understand the instructions.

What does the Release Mode do after 2 seconds? Is the release mode ON or OFF at which location?
Is there a 2 second delay before taking picture?

Taking Pictures: Set the camera drive mode to (?) remote control shooting
I do NOT have the drive mode symbol shown in my camera.

When I point the RC-6 to my camera and press the button NOTHING happens.

So far I am not impressed.

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I forgot to mention I did a search in the 90D PDF file (eos90d-ug-en) and found nothing looking for "drive mode", "drive", "Mode", "remote control", "remote" all finding nothing.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19400548
I forgot to mention I did a search in the 90D PDF file (eos90d-ug-en) and found nothing looking for "drive mode", "drive", "Mode", "remote control", "remote" all finding nothing.

See page 150 of 90D Advanced User Guide eos90d-ug4-en.pdf -

https://pdisp01.c-wss.com …zNjI0MzA0&cmp=A​BR&lang=EN

The Drive button is on top of the camera and you can cycle through its settings. For the remote, use the "Self timer: 10 sec./remote control" setting (p. 151). The 10 sec. is the delay if you do not use the remote to fire the camera - it does not apply if you use the remote to fire. "Release after 2 seconds" setting on the remote means there is a 2-second delay before the camera fires; the other setting is for immediate fire.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19400543
It did get here on Tuesday (today!)

Reading the instructions I do not understand the instructions.

What does the Release Mode do after 2 seconds? Is the release mode ON or OFF at which location?
Is there a 2 second delay before taking picture?

Taking Pictures: Set the camera drive mode to (?) remote control shooting
I do NOT have the drive mode symbol shown in my camera.

When I point the RC-6 to my camera and press the button NOTHING happens.

So far I am not impressed.

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You need to set your drive mode to one of the delay modes we talked about earlier (10, 2, continuous delay). That will turn on the optical receiver in the grip of your camera. RC-6 will only work in those modes.

The delay portion of those drive modes won't work when triggered by the RC-6. That only happens when you use the regular shutter release. That little switch on the back of the RC-6 is the only delay control you have. You can set it to either fire remotely immediately, or to fire remotely after a 2-second delay. It works the same regardless of which of the 3 drive modes you have your camera set for.

Here's a thorough walkthrough of the RC-6.
https://www.eos-magazine.com …les/remotes/can​onrc6.html