The 19th Official Rain Snow Sleet nor Ice Shall Detour Discussion for TPBM (19)

Becky N wrote in post #7041935
Just in, The Dragon has landed.

Yay!! Glad she made it safely to firm ground.

gjl711 wrote in post #7041959
Whats wrong with shrimp? It's good stuff.

Till you've been forced to eat it DROWNED in chhhhheaaaaaaaap beer and loads of Old Bay. Ugh. It loses all appeal. Forever. Unless heavily breaded/fried and disguised in ketchup.

JWright wrote in post #7041886
You're talking about manual mode (M) on the camera, right?

Tell me all the settings you're using on the camera (40D?) and flash (420EX?) and I'll try to duplicate the condition with mine since I have the same camera and flash...

Thanks!

Manual mode on camera, iso 1000 f 3.2, 125 or faster on the shutter, 420 on the hotshoe. I start shooting and all is well, by the 15th or so image I realize I am no longer on a single center point focus but rather a few point showing me where focus is locked show up. I am shooting single shot burst mode.yesterday there werew some reflective surfaces and I am not sure if that was a factor.

Becky N wrote in post #7041880
OT - Does anyone ever fill in the blank "reason for edit" when they edit there post? More importantly, is there anyone out there in charge of reading said reasons?

Once in a blue moon I do...but most of the time no.

JWright wrote in post #7041903
No. Most of the time I'm too embarrassed to say why I'm editing the post...

poppie guy wrote in post #7041927
Same here John.

Becky N wrote in post #7041942
Me too, but; then there are times I want to say something like "Because I'm too stupid to spell a simple word correctly!"

One time I put something like "Edited my errors because Cat told me to."

Skrim17 wrote in post #7041990
Thanks!

Manual mode on camera, iso 1000 f 3.2, 125 or faster on the shutter, 420 on the hotshoe. I start shooting and all is well, by the 15th or so image I realize I am no longer on a single center point focus but rather a few point showing me where focus is locked show up. I am shooting single shot burst mode.yesterday there werew some reflective surfaces and I am not sure if that was a factor.

Which button do you have AF engaged to? Shutter release button or AF-ON button?

Focus is on the *.

CrazieCricket wrote in post #7041645
On another note, I didn't get the job...

Sorry to hear Paula.

short5 wrote in post #7041679
I PMed him when he said he was getting the MkII

Then I forgot, but was quickly reminded.

DoodleBunz wrote in post #7041938
Have any extra batteries left for the 5D?

No I don't, but I would highly recommend going to sterlingtek.com and buying batteries there, they work just as good as the Canon ones, and are WAY cheaper.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7042053
Focus is on the *.

That is the only way to go on the 5D and the 30D and earlier cameras. IMHO

Skrim17 wrote in post #7042053
Focus is on the *.

I know what it is. If you have the focus on the * button, during the time you are shooting you push the button to the right of it which resets the focus point. I just tried it. It cleared out my center, then when I pressed the focus button again, it chose the bottom right focus point for me.

short5 wrote in post #7041874
Thanks Chris

I too will move the ONE point but never do the "ring of fire" thing and was wondering if I was some how cutting myself short. I prefer to do everything manual or semi manual just because if I know what I want I might as well tell the camera to do it instead of letting the camera guess at it KWIM? I may be wrong here and need to trust the camera more? It seems most shooters use the center point.

I agree. You're not wrong at all.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #7042072
That is the only way to go on the 5D and the 30D and earlier cameras. IMHO

I use the AF-ON button. Is there any difference? I thought I read somewhere that if you use the * button it does not allow you to use the exposure lock function or something to that nature.

3Turner wrote in post #7042002
One time I put something like "Edited my errors because Cat told me to."

Or heaven forbid you use improper English on the thread that Roy Mathers frequents.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #7042088
Or heaven forbid you use improper English on the thread that Roy Mathers frequents.

Oh yeah, I've seen that before. I've always wanted to do the same....but so far a no go

3Turner wrote in post #7042087
I use the AF-ON button. Is there any difference? I thought I read somewhere that if you use the * button it does not allow you to use the exposure lock function or something to that nature.

You have the 40D so don't need to use the * button. I use the AF-ON button on the 40D and 5D2 now that it is provided, with the AF disabled on the shutter button. Only on the previous models is it really an advantage to set up the * button to focus.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #7042105
You have the 40D so don't need to use the * button. I use the AF-ON button on the 40D and 5D2 now that it is provided, with the AF disabled on the shutter button. Only on the previous models is it really an advantage to set up the * button to focus.

Oh, I didn't know that the button was not included on the previous models.