Comments on: PREVIEW: The Bird and the Bee/Charlie Wadhams/Campor @ Blender Theater

By: Jamie Maldonado

Jamie Maldonado — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:38:50 +0000

Sweet, thanks for the info! I’ll definitely send an e-mail if I have any other questions.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:07:03 +0000

Hey Jamie,

Thanks for looking me up! My previous post regarding focus points refers specifically to enabling FOCUS POINT EXPANSION. This is a custom function on the EOS-1D Mark III only I think.

The camera has more focus points than are visible in the viewfinder. If the camera is having trouble focusing, you can turn on a custom function that will tell the camera to use the hidden points next to the one you have selected to “help” achieve focus.

I’ve found that enabling these “hidden points” leads to a lot of front focusing on the MkIII.

It does NOT mean that I turn off autofocus or use “ring of fire” predictive focus, that would surely focus on all sorts of stupid stuff.

Send me an email if you have any more questions about my focus technique.

By: Jamie Maldonado

Jamie Maldonado — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:02:35 +0000

Phenomenal shots! I read on another entry about you turning off your focus points. Does that make focusing on the right area tricky? I always feel like it’d pick the dumbest thing ever to focus on. I only have a 20D, so things might be different. I’ve been racking my brain over focus lately, it’s been the bane of my poorly lit existence. ha.

But anyway, great stuff. I’ll definitely be keeping up with this blog.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:07:52 +0000

Thanks Carsten!

By: Carsten

Carsten — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:03:12 +0000

Chris – these shots are fantastic.10 out of 10!