<p>Hi,<br> I bought my first DSLR, 6 months ago and my areas of interests are wildlife, landscapes and cityscapes.<br> There are a few issues that are bothering me a lot and I will ask them here one by one.<br> My first question is about focus. I am trying to master cityscapes at dusk/blue hour and only thrice did I get nice sharp pictures (by fluke). About 30 times I came back home and deleted the pictures in disappointment. There are 3 modes to focus on my Canon 70d. (And my lens are 17-40 mm, 70-300 mm )<br> 1. Single point focus<br> 2. Manual selection of some cluster of points and<br> 3. 19 point AF<br> They say choose the first one for cityscapes. Out of 19 points which point do I select and where do I keep it on the subject ? Imagine I am shooting a skyline and I have water infront of me and then the buildings. I want all the buildings sharp. <br> I use a tripod, 2 seconds timer and mirror lock up. I shoot manual mode (M), f11, iso 100, 5-30 seconds shutter speed, AWB, one shot, evaluative metering.</p> <p>And, should I first use the lens auto focus and get the focus and then pull the switch back to manual focus or should I manually turn the ring to get sharp focus while viewing the live screen ?</p> <p>PLEASE be patient and start explaining from ABCs. I need to understand this properly once and for all. I am extremely tired of non sharp buildings.</p> <p>Thanking you in anticipation !!</p> <p>- Ray</p>
