bryan_weaver

I have a Metz 50 held over from old 35mm days...can I get an adapter to make

it work with Canon EOS 10D body? I used to like it a lot with the large

rechargeable battery. I was able to use it on Elan II body previous...

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III... Anyone upgrading from 10D or 20D to one of

these... I shoot a lot of sports photography, so I think I'd like the 10fps?

What are you hearing, should I just upgrade to Mark II since they will

probably drop in price because of Mark III release?

I have to help a women in the outdoors get together, later this summer with a

two-hour crash course on digital photography. These women are for the most

part 30+ in age and will be doing other things like an archery class, outdoor

cooking, gardening class for some of the other events. I have access to

electricity and such in the ranger station to start out inside, but I'd like

to get them out for a short assignment and come back and look at the results.

Anyone have any ideas? Have you done something like this before? I only have

two hours from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. in early June. We are at a state park and have

access to some nice backdrops and water, etc. I need some suggestions on how

to steer this course and gear it towards my students and their needs. I think

for the most part they will be novice users with point and shoot type

cameras. Suggestions greatly appreciated.

NO, McDougal Evers gym is well lit...this is new Hamilton County gym....do you know the area? I live in Carmi...

first pix is a little more grainy for some reason and also shows fuzziness....acts like lens not set same for this body as for second pix, but I have checked and both set the same, using same lens, same gym so same lighting....most of pix involving the white uniforms were somewhat blurred as compared to the darker uniform...

anyone see any difference in setup that might result in this?

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I have two Canon 10D bodies, one says firmware 2.0 and other is firmware 1.0.

Just got the 1.0 firmware camera back from Canon, it was cleaned and hotshoe

issue fixed with a new one, etc. Shot action photos at 1600iso this evening,

using 70-200 2.8 lens and every pix was really fuzzy. switched back to 2.0

camera and it shot great photos, nice and sharp at same settings using the

same lens.

What gives? Only difference I can see is 2.0 firmware Canon doesn't have

anything listed in AF mode (empty, not Al Servo, one shot or aifocus, nothing

there? HOw did it do this and is this what is the difference? I shoot in

manual mode at 250th of a second, with lens opened up to 2.8 at 1600iso....

Anything I am missing here?

I know it exists, but looking for a background that wraps around a corner

making seamless between two walls and floor...remodeling studio and wanting to

put this in place, but I'm unsure what to call it to find it on the internet

to price. Anyone have any ideas?

I have two Canon 10D bodies and would like to know where you all send off a

body to have a cleaning and repair. I'd like my body looked at and cleaned

and if it needs recalibrating, etc.

Where do you send and what type of cost involved? How long does it take to

get it back?

Having a little issue...I have a nice Christmas portrait background setup, but

in trying some test shots, tree lights not showing up for me? Anyone have any

other ideas? I've tried stopping down to 90 and even 60, but then lights too

bright and I've got some cheaper Britek strobes that only have 1/2 or full

power...no adjustments other than that.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated?

I was trying to experiment with night HS football shooting at 1600 and 800

ASA, at a speed of 200 with Canon 10D, with 70-200mm 2.8 IIS lens...I was

having trouble trying to get my 550ex flash to shoot in a strobistic burst,

even though I saw another guy shooting with the same setup. I have the canon

battery grip and an additional external battery pack in place as well. I have

poured over my book in trying to find the right settings, and I think it has

the capability, I'm just overlooking something. I want is to fire a burst to

really light up the shot.

I have tried to synch the 550ex at even faster speed, but it defaults to 200

as the fastest it can shoot with, which causes some blur at times?

Any suggestions?

cpe3 used in tandem with bg-ed3 underneath the body....

I have been trying to set my 550ex flash to shoot rapid or strobe like and

synch up at 200 asa, but having no luck. Am I missing a setting somewhere? I

have poured over the book, but I think it can be done, but I am missing

something.

I have a Canon 10D with 550ex flash and external battery pack, trying to shoot

night football. I experimented shooting harness racing without much luck, but

I saw a guy using very similar EOS setup right next to me. Does the 550ex not

use rapid flash?

I am debating buying Canon 2.x teleconvertor to take my 70-200mm to a

400mm lens for softball and baseball.

Anyone had any experiences they want to share? I use Canon 10D body

with the lens......and shoot action sports shots and some posed up

stuff....

In looking more closely, it looks like the hotshoe on the newer body is slightly bent downward, not allowing the 550 to slide into place. Is there a safe way to bend upward without breaking?

I have a problem and not sure what needed to remedy...

I have two Canon 10D bodies (one in a backup bought used and the

other is my new body). I recently bought a new 550EX flash and found

out that for some reason, it will not sit on the hotshoe of the new

body, but will on the old backup. I don't have camera strap on old

body and its uncomfortable to carry without strap....etc.

How come it will not fit new body? Is the hotshoe damaged on the new

body and bent somehow? If it is it really isn't noticeable. Anyone

have any suggestions for "bending" the new hotshoe without tearing

something up? Use needlenose pliers or do you recommend sending

off? I really don't want to damage something, but it may already

be. I have been careful and don't remember any drop that would have

bent it or anything heavy sitting on the camera? I have been very

careful with it so I just wondered if their is some design difference

or variation in the 10D bodies?

just purchased Noise Ninja and beginning to use it. Anyone have any

suggetions that might make the learning curve a little less stressful?

Shortcuts, etc?

I bought a new 550EX to use with my Canon 10d for shooting night

football on Friday nights. I use 70-200 f2.8 lens with IIS....

Anyway, the new 550ex ate AA batteries in that I used up a set of

four before halftime! I chose to purchase the battery pack and it

loads nine batteries and is quick to recycle. Except now, some of my

images (shot at iso 800) are blue tinted? Anyone with a suggestion?

I used the battery pack at a wedding on Saturday as well and it

through a blue tint on the stuff I shot with the flash. Anyone have

a suggestion I could try and remove the blue? I can do it in

Photoshop, but just seems a pain if I can correct on the camera

itself at the time of the photo.

I liked the shots I was able to get at 1/200th and iso 800 at the

football game though. Images much clearer than before. I have posted

an example of the blue

tint......http://www.bryanweaver.net/photogallery/photos/Homecoming-

DogsvsSesser/1617.jpg

No guys, its a Canon 10D...digital all the way. I was a film user for 15 years prior...hence my comments on grainey, etc. I'm using Canon 10D with 70-200mm 2.8 IS lens and 550ex flash, but having some problems.

I have been shooting football without a flash, and pushing to 1600

iso with f/2.8 lens, but everything very grainy. I dropped it to 800

and shot with 550ex, but flash synched up at 1/200th and I got some

blur. Can I elminate that if I could just get it to 250 or 350? Can

I leave it at iso 400 and would it shoot at 1/250th. Someone told me

I could even though I can't find any documentation?

Any suggestions, I have the 550ex with battery pack and Lumiquest

attachments, so I have the juice to throw some light on the subject

using 70-200mm lens. Anyone have any good ideas, Friday night is

Homecoming!

I tried to shoot in TTL mode, M, all of the settings and never could get flash to work with camera and camera wouldn't fire as well in TTL

I have a Metz 50MZ-5 flash unit left over from using with Canon EOS

Elan II 35mm camera set. Can I use this same flash with Canon 10D?

I have a hotshoe adapter (sca 3101), but just hooking it up it

doesn't appear to work? Will I need new adapter? What type?

It's either use this or break down and buy 550EX

I have been attending sporting events, both school related and not,

when parents have asked me to shoot photos of their children (sports

action shots mostly). Sometimes I recognize a child and know their

parents and I shoot some stuff to make a pitch to sell to them

later. I have posted some of these on my website (no names or IDs,

except a number, though you can tell the school by the name or mascot

on jersey). Has anyone run into any privacy issues from your schools

if you are doing the same thing?

I had an administrator ask me are they liable for anything that I do,

since I am not an employee and don't have their permission. I pay my

way into games just like anyone else, so its not ever any question

about that.

My problem is that if it comes down to me having to get permission to

be there, I may not want a competitor to come in from out of town and

do the same thing. There are two sides to this issue.

Has anyone worked up a release or anything like that? What have you

encountered in shooting action sports shots in your locations?

Getting ready to make a purchase of a Canon flash for 10D. I take a

lot of action photos (football, basketball, baseball and softball).

Which would you recommend? Is there that big of a difference or plus

of 580 over 550?