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How are you focusing on the subject?
That's not what I meant. I'm talking about the where rather than the how. The how is manual or autofocus. The where is the point where you tell the camera to focus.It was on auto focusing.
spits his tea out!Are you focussing on the subject?
Mine came out my nose. Not a nice look.spits his tea out!
I pick a camera for the first time five months ago,I went along to a camera club for the first time not expecting to take photos I had my camera but no flash and a basic lens,I shall be joining the club when it resumes in September,I'm not sure where I aimed the camera as I was very nervous and was told to give it a go.
Thanks for the Input but I shallnt be putting up any more photos as I don't come on here for idiots to take the p***.
Ps thanks for the genuine replies.
I'm not sure where I aimed the camera as I was very nervous and was told to give it a go.
55mm ??? thats a new one on me or do you mean 50mm ( im guessing a 50mm f/1.8? ) if so my bet is you were shooting wide open too or as near to it which would only give you a few inches of DOF at the distance you were shooting at.I have recently and took that photo with my 7d mkII,with a second hand 55mm lens given to me by a friend off his 400d.
please don't add unnecessary detail. It's not a 35mm equivalent. a lenses focal length is a physical attribute (not a debate for here).Yes you're correct - The Lens zooms to a 35mm equivalent range through 18-55mm.
If you say so.
EDIT- Apologies, I confused my self with EF. I don't own a Canon, I'll stick to commenting on the brands i have a clue about!
Apologies Royroy for the comment, to add something a little more constructive could I ask what shutter speed you were using for the first shot. It may not be a focus issue at all, this may be just too slow a shutter speed causing a slight blur from camera shake. With the camera you have you could increase the ISO. If you don't understand what I mean google it, and the three things that determine exposure (exposure triangle) which are aperture, shutter speed and sensitivity (ISO). By increasing the ISO the senser can cope with less light and still produce a decent image (on your camera upto ISO 1600, maybe even higher, will be fine). Doing this will allow a faster shutter speed than if the ISO was set to 100.
Good luck with your next shoot.
Agreed that the focal length from the sensor does not change irrespective of the mount and brand (Presuming it is designed to fit that camera and match up the register distance etc), But its easy to put a 35mm EF lens on an EFS mount camera and be surprised that the FOV is different due to the sensor being smaller. That for a beginner, is something to recognise.
That was the point i was trying to make- which was incorrect, as there never was an EF lens mentioned initially. D'oh.
To the OPDon't worry about the sarcastic replies. Your header clearly says beginner and we all began somewhere. I apologise if you think I was taking the pee - I wasn't.
If you select the focus mode to single point. You can then move the single point to a suitable position using your joypad, to enable the point to be over the eye. Focus on the eye nearest the camera, but hopefully your aperture will be suitable to have both eyes in focus.
Do keep posting. It's the surest way to quick improvement. You can ignore the irrelevant comments and learn from the useful ones.
Keep going
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