Canon eos 1100d

[chez1980]

Happy easter guys and girls x

Well I have a canon eos 1100d, only had it a few months so still very much learning which becomes difficult with conflicting information of various people.

Im aware that it doesn't have the depth of field preview button but I'm seen somewhere you can configure the set button somehow to do the same but after searching & searching I cant find out whether this is true or how I do it??

Also there are 9 focus points that show up as red through the view finder. I have been advised to have them all on for portrait photography but not sure if this is correct either?

The person advising me is no professional but certainly thinks he is but I'm unsure about most things he tells me so I thought I'd ask everyone on here x

Cheryl

 

[gblades]

Having all the focus points on for portraits will be fine. The camera will focus on the closest point under any enabled focus point. For portraits this is fine as you help to avoid the risk of focusing on the background.
If you are doing any shallow dof photos then you would be best switching to centre point focus and hen focusing in on the eye and then reframing.