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probably dumb 40D questions (selecting AF points and setting ISO100)

 
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Nov 06, 2007 16:40 |  #1

1. I can't seem to select AF points. It seems locked on the center.

2. Also, I can't get the ISO below 200.

3. I should probably be able to figure this out myself ;)


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Nov 06, 2007 16:43 |  #2

I personally find reading the manual helps. If you've done that already then this is the place to get help.


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Nov 06, 2007 16:44 |  #3

Figured out the AF problem. I'm an idiot.


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Nov 06, 2007 16:45 |  #4

Figured out the ISO problem. I really am a fool!


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Nov 06, 2007 16:48 |  #5

That was fast...

Glad we could help you :-)

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Nov 06, 2007 16:53 |  #6

I actually might have been able to help someone for the first time ever on this forum.
D'oh!



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Nov 06, 2007 17:40 |  #7

So people in the future don't struggle with this same issue (as dozens have in the past few months), the answer to the second question was that you have to disable Highlight Tone Priority...


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Nov 07, 2007 08:14 |  #8

SBressler,

you should not put that here.

People would learn a lot from actually reading the manual themselves :-)

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Nov 07, 2007 08:48 |  #9

It must be a generation thing that when there is a problem the first thing people reach for is a mouse and not a book.


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Nov 07, 2007 14:03 |  #10

tzalman wrote in post #4269636 (external link)
It must be a generation thing that when there is a problem the first thing people reach for is a mouse and not a book.

Oh, I doubt it's generational. I'm an old fart and I still drive my wife crazy - if I have a problem I don't open the book, I screw with the damn thing and see what happens.

It's not the most efficient way to solve an individual problem, but if you're wired the way I am it's by far the fastest way to learn.

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Nov 07, 2007 14:12 |  #11

sbressler wrote in post #4265953 (external link)
So people in the future don't struggle with this same issue (as dozens have in the past few months), the answer to the second question was that you have to disable Highlight Tone Priority...

But isn't HTP the coolest feature on the 40D? Why would anyone ever want to disable it? ;)


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