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That should get you started.

SuzyView wrote in post #5815408
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That should get you started.

Hey Suzy - I'm glad I'm not the only one with approximately four times as many camera bags as I have cameras!!!!

Phil

Scott don't forget to chimp, check the viewfinder and fiddle with your settings till you get what you want.

Also, zoom in on the LCD to see if you are focusing right.

Phil, I like to have the right bag for the configuration I need to bring. I'm so spoiled and having Jon as a friend, keeps the Domke company in business. We should get royalties.

SuzyView wrote in post #5816637
Also, zoom in on the LCD to see if you are focusing right.

Are you kidding me??

You can't get very much of an idea of how sharp a image is from that stupid little viewfinder. Heck you can't even really tell on an average computer screen.

So, I don't mean to disagree with you because I don't use my LCD very much, but for a quick check, you would not take my advice at all? If zooming in on the LCD doesn't help at all, what's the point of the digital camera? I've been shooting with a DSLR for almost 6 years now. I chimp to see the focus. It works sometimes, it doesn't at other times. So, you've never zoomed in to see how much in focus your shot is? Interesting. And I don't know about you, but some of us don't have average LCD screens. I've even taken my CF card out of my camera and onto my Epson during a shoot to check because that screen is 4.1 inches. But when you're at an event shooting for pay, what do you recommend for checking for focus?

SuzyView wrote in post #5816884
I chimp to see the focus. It works sometimes, it doesn't at other times. So, you've never zoomed in to see how much in focus your shot is?

No I don't chimp for focus on a small LCD. And you just admitted it doesn't always work. So why give advice that only partially works?? I rely on Photoshop at 100%. Anything else is just fooling yourself.

I am often asked how I get such sharp 20x30 prints. Its cause I don't rely on small screens to make those kinds of calls.

After pressing the focus point button at the top right, the button with the symbol that looks like your focus points & has a + magnifying lens symbol, you can move the multi-controller around and pick the point you want without having to scroll through all the points. See page 11 for the button locations. And go and read the manual.

When shooting motorsports for the first few times I would zoom in on my 20D's screen to make sure my car is sharp and my background is blurry enough. It worked just fine for me.

When you shoot are you panning along with the horses (or whatever it is you're shooting..)? The backgrounds seem to be in focus but with the horses it looks like motion blur. Try upping your shutter speed like was suggested but pan along with the horses as they run by. This will keep the horse sharply focused but the background will be blurred. If you use a really high shutter speed you'll freeze EVERYTHING and the horse will look like its standing still.

ryant35 wrote in post #5817152
When shooting motorsports for the first few times I would zoom in on my 20D's screen to make sure my car is sharp and my background is blurry enough. It worked just fine for me.

And you could walk up to somebody and show them a shot and guarantee a perfect 16x20 print from that?? I doubt it. I really doubt it.

good lord can we get back to helping the young man and check the bs at the door?

"And you could walk up to somebody and show them a shot and guarantee a perfect 16x20 print from that?? I doubt it."


Just because you can't seem to use the zoom on the LCD to satisfy yourself doesn't mean the thousands of us that use it aren't able to make a good judgment.
Besides, why would you guarantee any picture without looking at it first.
Using the LCD to monitor your work while shooting is good advice.
Thank goodness for digital that allows us to see what we're shooting on location instead of waiting till later.

Okay, this will stop. Debate about the LCD in another thread already out there. I forgot. I am a moderator now, and I should behave myself as well.

The point is, shooting a moving target is not as easy as you think, even with a fast shutter setting. Practice makes perfect and accepting help when you get a chance to shoot again is the best way. Just remember to shoot AI Servo, pan with the target, shutter at 1/500 or faster and center focus point.

I also mentioned I did this when I first started out to determine if my shutter speed was good.

Bosscat wrote in post #5817445
I have used a 20, 30 and 40D along with a MkIIN and I would never trust an LCD image for sharpness with any camera period.