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Andy Marks | profile | all galleries >> 2007 >> AF Point Selection on EOS 20D tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

AF Point Selection on EOS 20D

I had time to kill this afternoon so I took my manual and 20D to a field next to the kid's dentist's office. It took awhile but I can now select the auto focus point manually. I shot these free hand but they're reasonably crisp. Trying to focus on the young owl in the shade yesterday was frustrating but I remembered reading about this AF Point Selection feature when I bought the camera. This, coupled w a tripod, will be formidable.. See pg 67 in the EOS 20D manual for details.

After fumbling my way to "AF Point Selection" I finally realized to turn off IS and AF and use the lens manual focus. The latter shots (Garden Orb Spider and beyond) are taken that way.
Garden Orb Web & Spider - manual focus + tripod + timer Calloway 1: been there awhile Tufted Evening Primrose - focused on center blossom Backyard Cosmos: manual focus, tripod, timer
(Spent) Tufted Evening Primrose - focus on lower left blossom Backyard Rose: manual focus, tripod, timer Showy Golden Eye - focused on center blossom Locked focus on a rock, shot (unknown type of) grass

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