On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:39:45 -0500, lea <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >Focusing is super easy with the 10D...turn all your sensors off except >the center one then roll around to other SINGLE sensors if you need to. >Or focus using the center sensor and recompose. I shoot kids, LOTS of >kids, and use this technique 90% of the time with wonderful results. > >One thing I NEVER, EVER, NEVER, NEVER do is have all the focus sensors >active at once...the camera will pick the subject closest to the camera >and rarely is that what I want a shot of. In all fairness, I have found sometimes all focus points active helps. Not generally for shooting birds for sure. Shooting people quickly and candidly it helps. Then again MF works good there too. And for servo focus tracking it can save a shot. So many methods of focusing, but each one has to be tweaked :-) And, one can program the tiny button to return to whatever you program for a home focus point. Usually I pick the centre but it's easy enough to tweak to another point, say you will be shooting a bunch of stuff off centre. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Standard Poodles for fun BMW motorcycle for pleasure
