EFS 17-85 mm with 20D

[paddyFrenchman 0]

Anybody jumping this setup ? What settings do you use ? full manual, auto ? Iso ? WB ? Exposure Bracketing ? Drive mode ?

thanks,

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[jont 0]

I'm jumping a 20D with a 17-85.

I started off in sports mode, which sets it to 500th, auto apeture, auto WB, servo AF, auto drive. Worked mostly fine.

Now i've started playing with it in manual focus (especially for tandems), Tv (shutter priority) set at somewhere between 320th and 500th depending on the light, but set to overexpose by 1 stop, which helps bring out faces and other details against light skies or cloud. I still always use power drive, so it takes multiple shots.

Exposure bracketing is difficult. If you set it up, the the power drive only takes 3 (bracketed) shots, then stops. You have to release the switch and bite again to take more. Plus you have to set up a custom function for the camera to remember this setting, otherwise it does it once and then reverts. Too much hassle, so I don't bother. I shoot at 100 ISO unless it's getting dusky, and then I might push it to 200 or even 400. I leave the WB on Auto, and it always seems fine.

hope that helps

jon t

[BrianM 1]

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Exposure bracketing is difficult. ... Plus you have to set up a custom function for the camera to remember this setting, otherwise it does it once and then reverts.

No it doesn't. AEB is cancelled when you turn the camera off, change lenses, enable the flash, replace the battery, or replace the CF card.

If you change the custom function, it is cancelled only when you enable the flash.

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Too much hassle

Changing a custom function is easy, and you only have to do it once.

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[jont 0]

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No it doesn't. AEB is cancelled when you turn the camera off, change lenses, enable the flash, replace the battery, or replace the CF card.

If you change the custom function, it is cancelled only when you enable the flash.

true

but i'm pretty sure it is also lost when the camera turns itself off. in other words, if you set up AEB on the ground, and then the camera goes to standby in the plane, the AEB setting is lost unless you have set up the custom function otherwise.

plus you still have the problem of only getting three shots on one bite.

jt

[BrianM 1]

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but i'm pretty sure it is also lost when the camera turns itself off. in other words, if you set up AEB on the ground, and then the camera goes to standby in the plane, the AEB setting is lost unless you have set up the custom function otherwise.

No, it remembers the AEB setting on auto-power off regardless of the custom function setting.

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plus you still have the problem of only getting three shots on one bite.

True. I like being able to take exactly three shots at a time when using AEB, but it's too bad there's not an option to choose either that or continuous shooting. I would use both for different applications.

"It's amazing what you can learn while you're not talking." - Skydivesg

[paddyFrenchman 0]

Hey jont thanks for the reply...

WB: Have you tried using the sunny day setting ? any difference ?

this helps a lot... thanks.
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[jont 0]

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WB: Have you tried using the sunny day setting ? any difference ?

i haven't tried different wb settings while shooting in jpeg. what i have tried is shooting in raw, and then using the canon software to apply different wb to the shots on my computer, to see what they look like. suggest you do the same. cloudy can be nice, it pushes the colours more. others change the hue. have a play.

jt