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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/05/2007 07:49:51 AM · #26

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

The only custom features I believe I have used are mirror lockup (occasional, I tend to do exposures that are too long to have the mirror shake matter), auto noise reduction for long exposures (very necessary), and the one that lets me use the "set" button to change the resolution of my pictures.

If you're doing long exposures, how do you set CF2, long exposure noise reduction? (mine is auto)

Other settings I use:
CF8, ISO expansion - on
CF16 safety shift - on
CF17 AF point activation area - expanded (ie use the extra 6 points)
CF0 focusing screen (I use the gridded screen, so this isn't something most people will use)

Message edited by author 2007-01-05 07:50:25.

goc

Apple iPhone 4

01/05/2007 08:07:59 AM · #27

Originally posted by hankk:

CF8, ISO expansion - on
CF16 safety shift - on
CF17 AF point activation area - expanded (ie use the extra 6 points)

wow, what is all that ?

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

01/05/2007 11:12:05 AM · #28

Oh yes, I use ISO expansion as well...

The auto noise reduction is just set to auto or off, isn't it? I tend to keep it off unless I'm doing night shots and then I turn it on.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

01/05/2007 11:41:50 AM · #29

ugh saftey shift on?! EW what a terrible setting that is. Ever try shooting sports in the dark thinking you'll push the exposure in post because you're just maxing your settings? Say AV all the way open, ISO all the way up, but then the camera keeps trying to take slow exposures? I didn't know such a feature existed until I got home from that day of shooting so frustrated I wanted to kill something.

Message edited by author 2007-01-05 11:43:04.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/05/2007 01:15:24 PM · #30

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Oh yes, I use ISO expansion as well...

The auto noise reduction is just set to auto or off, isn't it? I tend to keep it off unless I'm doing night shots and then I turn it on.

I leave it at auto, on longer daytime shots (ISO 100, f/16 indoors, no flash) it doesn't seem to kick in, but then there's no noise to start with.

I don't do a lot of night shooting, so I'd forget to turn it on :-)

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

01/05/2007 01:19:59 PM · #31

I think it really doesn't start to make a difference until you are using exposures of say 10 seconds or so.

01/05/2007 01:24:12 PM · #32

Originally posted by kyebosh:

Suppose it depends on what you shoot. Haven't done sports since I got the 5D, so it hasn't been an issue. But in indoor games where the lighting was even (horrible, but even) I used manual. Metered off a target, then shot the whole game with that setting. Of course, with the 300D, ISO 1600 and f/2.8, I was lucky to get 1/125 (in fact, 1/125 was a bit underexposed). Manual may have been a better choice because faces always came out properly exposed; with Av, sometimes the background fooled the AE system.