On Monday, March 05, 2007, at 07:49AM, "Steve Parrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Am I wasting lots of time and effort selecting specific focus points? I >always try to select a point that is nearest to the area in the photo I >definitely want to be in focus, such as the eyes in a portrait. So of >course, when I change from portrait to landscape orientation or the >desired focal point in the photo changes, I'm having to do another >focus selection. Really a PITA. Everyone else seems to just use the >center focal point, then recompose. That is certainly faster and >easier, but I read that is NOT the best way to do it because when you >move the camera to recompose, you can be making a large change in the >focal plane as compared to where you focused with the center point. I >have not done any extensive tests to see if this proves out, but I can >definitely see how it *could*.... probably at closer ranges rather than >at large distances. If you use the Canon Speedlites, it is highly recommended that you select the desired focusing point manually instead of using the focus and recompose technique. The flash exposure is weighted towards the selected focusing point, and may differ depending on the focusing point selected. E-TTL flash exposures are more heavily weighted towards the selected focusing point. The most notorious examples were the Canon D30 and D60, where the flash exposures changes were significant, and became rather painful to use in wedding photography. Newer EOS cameras allow the photographer to set the E-TTL flash metering to average, which eliminates most of the annoyances of the flash metering. -- John Chennavasin | This article contains material which may inform and [EMAIL PROTECTED] | may be quoted, printed, forwarded, or redistributed www.fobpro.com | as long as the original attribution remains intact. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
