Forum: Photography


Subject: Thinking about getting the Canon 40D (need Opinion on cam and lens)

redchilicat opened this issue on Nov 28, 2007 · 39 posts


redchilicat posted Sun, 02 December 2007 at 1:12 PM

I am having trouble with the focus, I center the focus point over where I want to focus press the shutter to focus, everything looks great in the viewfinder but in the final outcome is out of focus or the focus is elsewhere. The ISO is on auto and stays on 400 for some reason. I am going to read the manual so that I have a better idea of the controls. Also here is the landscape I was promising, it is the only one I have shot and it was hand held, not great but maybe it will help you decide.

Quote - @RCC;
Very nice first butty shot!

I did notice a few things that may help you in the future;

  1. You shot this at ISO 400....it does show a bit of noise...so, it would help to go down to ISO 200 or less.  Alternatively, you could process with noise software.
  2. Be careful on your focus setting, and focus selection....In this case it appears to have focussed on the leaf on the left hand side of the image, putting the butty just a tad out of focus.
  3. I also notice that you shot at F5.6....with macros/close-ups you generally want the most depth of field possible...so,  shooting with a smaller aperture will help in this regard.

I also agree with iloco....you are lucky to have bugs to shoot....not much around here now, except the elusive "snow worm"....LOL!

Have fun, and keep the shots coming....