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1DMkII Personal Funtion 06?
Scott Evans, Photographer
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Bay Village | OH | USA | Posted: 11:58 AM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> I have never really messed with my personal functions and I'm not sure 06 is the one I need but with a little guidance I think I can sort it out, so here I am. What I want to do is assign the focus point button on the camera to automatically switch between M and Av mode. Can this be done and if so, is Pfn 06 what I need? Assuming that is correct, how do I go about changing that? Seems that I plug the camera into the computer via USB and open the utilities. I just don't want to mess something up as I leave for Africa in one week and have almost no time to fix it if I do something stupid. Thanks! |
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Scott Morgan, Photographer
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Max Gersh, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New Castle | IN | USA | Posted: 1:42 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> Yep. It's personal function #6. But it is not the focus point button. It is the WB, +/- button. This was dubbed the "Chris Lee button" on here a few years back - http://tinyurl.com/2g8jgug
I just discovered this and wrote about it on my blog as well. http://tinyurl.com/22kgtur
Once you get the hang of moving your thumb over, it is extremely helpful. |
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Max Gersh, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New Castle | IN | USA | Posted: 1:43 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> Scott, you beat me to my own plug. :) |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 4:48 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> This PF sounds great. From what I read on Max's blog, you have to push both buttons at the same time to keep focussing and switch to AV mode. Is this correct? |
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Max Gersh, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New Castle | IN | USA | Posted: 6:19 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> Stew, nope. You just have to push the buttons together to program it. Once it's programmed, you switch to AV and maintain AF when you push the WB, +/- button. If you want to go back to normal shooting (manual mode for me), just release and go back to focusing with the ( * ) button. |
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 9:35 PM on 12.08.10 |
->> Man, where the heck have I been? I've had my MkIIn's for 4 years and didn't know anything like this existed.
This is great. I frequently will shoot in Av when I'd prefer to be in M, because of situations exactly as described in Chris' article. This is definitely worth trying out.
Thanks! |
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Scott Evans, Photographer
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Bay Village | OH | USA | Posted: 10:30 PM on 12.08.10 |
| ->> Yep, thanks so much guys. I usually prefer M but this is going to be great for those moments when it's too awkward to change settings quickly (and all of you MkII/former MkII owners know what I mean with our multiple button press to make a change bodies). In any case, I appreciate the help very much. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 7:40 AM on 12.09.10 |
| ->> I know, read the manual, but I'll ask anyway. Does this apply to the mkIII as well? |
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Max Gersh, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New Castle | IN | USA | Posted: 1:15 PM on 12.09.10 |
| ->> Mark, I'd think that the Mark3 would have a similar setting. I am under the impression that the Mark4 has it as a stand-alone fucntion. I can't imagine it would be in the Mark1,2 and 4 and skip the Mark3. |
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