guzinp

Hi, I'm respectively new to photography and my camera is Canon Rebel XT. For a

while I had been setting up a little home studio to learn the studio lighting

and other stuff. Yesterday, I took my first pictures and I haven't satisfied

with the results. I had been using Tamron 70-300 with macro to take macro

pictures with tripod and the light was 500 Watt incandescent light. For sure,

it needs lots of practice and time, but I have a few questions.

My friend has a Nikon D70s. Her camera has a feature to focus to the subject.

Single, Dynamic and Closest Mode. She asked me how do you do this in my camera.

I looked mine, I think Canon doesn't have a feature corresponding to Nikon's

this feature. I just thought that my focus (and clearness) problem might be

beacuse of my focus mode. Mine has 3 too, but they function differently than

the Nikon's I guess. I used One Shot in studio, since everything is stationary.

But somehow I couldn't get what I want. Roughly, I know the differences between

AF Modes, but is there anyone who can explain AF modes to me. Should I always

select One Shot in studio, AI Focus for the possibility of movement and AI

Servo for the moving subjects? And of course Metering Mode. How metering mode

works?

Thanks in advance...