> Did you mean using Full-Time Manual focussing to "touch" up the
> focus? It doesn't really need CF-4, just one-shot focussing.
>
> Still, I don't think the AF sensors will light up in the same way
> as green mode.
>
> Perhaps switching to MF mode will produce the same effect, but
> green mode is faster.
>
> Does your EOS 10s have focus confirmation when your 35-135 is
> set to Manual focus?
>
> Cheers
> Julian Loke
Ya know, I just checked, and it does actually have focus confirmation
with manual focus switched on the lens. I don't usually pay much attention
to that indicator. I was wondering if the custom function set for manual
focusing allows the camera to shoot without the in focus indicator being on.
I'm not sure if it will allow the camera to shoot without that being set -
with auto focus on the lens to on of course. It must do something, or is it
actually ambiguous?
I just also tested the AF sensors, and they work as normal in manual
focus mode as well. Amazing the things you learn after some time with the
camera. I don't normally pay too much attention to them either though :-)
Seriously though, I don't have time to check sensors and indicators if I
want to get some shots. If it doesn't appear to be focusing the way I want
it too, I either touch up manually, or switch to pure manual. I find myself
using centre focus point only most of the time using AF - I lock the focus
on the place I want focused on, then reframe. The only advantage to AF using
this method is I don't have to squint in the viewfinder and try and figure
what's in focus. It's quite difficult actually using the wide angle where so
much in in focus, but a lot easier with a tele lens. The combination of
pressing the partial metering button first to get my exposure and then using
the aforementioned method of aquiring focus is something that one has to get
used to. But mainly these types of shots are things like landscapes. For
other types of work, non wideangled, I generally choose to use manual focus
so I can grab shots at will with no worries.
Of course my partial metering really comes in handy when things are
backlit, or my subject is not in the brightest light in the frame. I've
tested the circle of metering with partial, and it's very close to a true
spot meter. That is, with a bright, small light source in the frame, putting
the center metering circle over it and just off it, shows me the partial
metering circle is actually very small, at least on the 10.
Jim
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