30d/40d owners... what are your most often used settings?

Evaluative

AI servo

CF 4-3

Center focal point only

AV or TV mode

Kind of the generic sports settings

I usually use one spot or AI Servo with Center Wieght Average or Partial metering.
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BSBXTi wrote in post #5156577
John B nice website!

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John_B wrote in post #5156763
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The_Camera_Poser,
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I don't consider the different settings to be there just to always keep them the same. I use nearly everything the camera can offer, depending upon what I'm doing.

One shot focus is better for static objects as the camera then automatically makes sure it has focused before releasing the shutter. Servo focus is better because it will handle the situation where the subject isn't at the same range all the time. Just to answer/comment on one of the issues mentioned above.

apersson850 wrote in post #5157879
One shot focus is better for static objects as the camera then automatically makes sure it has focused before releasing the shutter. Servo focus is better because it will handle the situation where the subject isn't at the same range all the time. Just to answer/comment on one of the issues mentioned above.

Yeah, but even with AF Servo, you can easily tell when the subject, particularly a static object, comes into focus by just using your eye. Unless you find a light and a sound as necessary confirmation, servo is just as effective.

Calzinger wrote in post #5157908
Yeah, but even with AF Servo, you can easily tell when the subject, particularly a static object, comes into focus by just using your eye. Unless you find a light and a sound as necessary confirmation, servo is just as effective.

Plus doesn't the light in the bottom of the VF indicate a focus lock also?

yup, thats what i use. Custom f 4-3, ai servo, manual, If I need to take a picture of something static, i just focus nd shoot away. thats the beauty of using this in sports.lets say a free throw you focus on it and action shots all at the same time without moving to single shot. you don't really need the sound confirming focus, you actually know when you are focused because you don't hear the camera focusing anymore.

Calzinger wrote in post #5157908
Yeah, but even with AF Servo, you can easily tell when the subject, particularly a static object, comes into focus by just using your eye. Unless you find a light and a sound as necessary confirmation, servo is just as effective.

My most often used settings are C1, C2, and C3.

C1 is set to ISO 800, Tv mode, AI Servo focus, all focus points selected, evaluative metering, a white balance of 3600K (needed for the venue I'm shooting most every weekend), and flash disabled. Used for indoor theatre action.
C2 is the same except ISO 1600, only the center focus point is selected, and it uses spot metering. Used for indoor theatre action in particularly tricky lighting situations.
C3 is set to ISO 800, Av mode, One-Shot focus, evaluative metering, auto white balance, flash enabled, and -2 EV exposure compensation. This is what I use for a majority of indoor flash photos, when there's a fair amount of ambient light.

Calzinger wrote in post #5156054
I, also, always shoot AI Servo, regardless of what I'm shooting. I don't understand how it's any less effective than One Shot AF even for static objects if not more accurate.

For one thing, you can't use the autofocus assist light on a flash in AI Servo mode.

It doesn't change from whatever you used on your XTi, except the spot is metering off a smaller circle than partial

Riff Raff wrote in post #5159904
For one thing, you can't use the autofocus assist light on a flash in AI Servo mode.

Funny thing, I was just thinking that last night as I was preparing my flash for my shoot at the autoshow today.