Originally posted by bethtphotos It was a wedding, I couldn't whip out a yardstick to measure & obviously I didn't expect such backfocus issue. I assume that your comment refers to the spot metering setting? If so, (and obviously I'm wrong) I'd assume that shooting at f/8 would increase the area of focus. Can you tell me why this is not true? Clearly I'm missing something because this is a consistent problem I have, & I do not have the ability, or time to physically measure my distances...I shoot weddings and events, I'm not in the studio. I can eye them, but thats clearly (pun intended) not working for me.
In addition, can you suggest what settings, and/or lens would be a better solution to helping me get greater areas of focus even in well lit situations?
Thank you.
What? Those two guys wouldn't hold a yardstick to help out??
Ok, thats why I said
controlled testing, which means not at a wedding. Yes, F8 gives a greater depth of focus than f2.8 but you said the magic word which is the problem is consistant. Thats why you do a search on this forum or the web for how to do controlled testing and correction. Or, as in a current thread, a smart person said just shoot your normal distance with a detailed subject, bracket the shot with corrections, and view them on your computer to select the correction that works best.
edit - no, I did not read "spot metering" as "spot focus on the flowers". most of us (by survey) use spot metering and recompose
Last edited by imtheguy; 02-27-2010 at 07:58 AM.