Newbie with 40D learning the modes.

Fangster wrote in post #4892873
Hi all,

First of all, i had hell of a time registering with this forum as the "Image Verification" shown some digits/letters normal human beings cannot decifer! Anyway, i was glad that i was sober enough to get through after 6 tries

hi, i am pretty new here too... i felt the same when registering :P i have a 40d too. Av priority will set shutter speed automatically. u can mess w/ ISO and/or use tripod.

if u must hold it, do u have to use the full length cuz that causes blurriness if ur shutter is only 1/5. can u use flash then?

good luck

cure wrote in post #5402368
hi, i am pretty new here too... i felt the same when registering :P i have a 40d too. Av priority will set shutter speed automatically. u can mess w/ ISO and/or use tripod.

if u must hold it, do u have to use the full length cuz that causes blurriness if ur shutter is only 1/5. can u use flash then?

good luck

What do you mean by the full length?

Usually I take a few "setup" shots before everything starts to get a feel for the area I'll be shooting. Then, after each non-setup photo, I take a quick glance at the Histogram. If I don't like what I see, rather than having the camera choose for me and possibly ending up with a result I really don't like, I can choose to give up some shutter speed. Or if the shutter speed is as low as it can go to shoot handheld, I decide whether to widen the aperture and decrease the depth of field or chance more noise and shoot at a higher ISO.

FlipsidE
Hi. Please tell me what do you look for in the histogram??

Cheers

I am still learning and here is a pic i took with a new lens i just got 50mm 1.4


http://www.flickr.com …s/25946405@N02/​2461324825

Not to threadjack, but can someone tell me how to get multiple bursts after pressing the shutter button? I'm trying to shoot some action shots and i can't figure it out. I also left my manual at home today.

thanks

Press AF.DRIVE button, then rotate rear wheel until you see the multi or multi-H icon in the top display.

I agree about that automatic mode is very convenient, but you do need to check the exposure information in the display as well.

apersson850 wrote in post #5486471
Press AF.DRIVE button, then rotate rear wheel until you see the multi or multi-H icon in the top display.

I agree about that automatic mode is very convenient, but you do need to check the exposure information in the display as well.

thanks. i assume you can use multi bursts in any of the modes? i primarily shoot in av and tv.

In any of the creative modes (P, Tv and so on).
In the pre-programmed basic modes you get what they thought was best for you, at Canon.