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]]> By: Mitch http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-45662 Mitch Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:38:41 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-45662 I actually found this more entetarninig than James Joyce. I actually found this more entetarninig than James Joyce.

]]> By: Altaf http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-29542 Altaf Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:44:47 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-29542 wonderful tip, like to see some of more tuts like thee. wonderful tip, like to see some of more tuts like thee.

]]> By: The Gorilla http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-24485 The Gorilla Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:36:31 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-24485 Holding the shutter half way down doesn't lock anything. It only focuses and sets exposure for the current scene as is. Holding the shutter half way down doesn’t lock anything. It only focuses and sets exposure for the current scene as is.

]]> By: Nico http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-24479 Nico Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:21:45 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-24479 hi, and thanks for all the tutorials. One thing. this button isn't the same thing as just keeping the finger half way in the Shutter Button? If I do thins, the focus and settings stay exactly the same and I can recompose my scene. Maybe I understood the tutorial wrong. hi, and thanks for all the tutorials.
One thing. this button isn’t the same thing as just keeping the finger half way in the Shutter Button? If I do thins, the focus and settings stay exactly the same and I can recompose my scene.
Maybe I understood the tutorial wrong.

]]> By: Alex http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-13690 Alex Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:01:43 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-13690 Do you have to keep holding the AE Lock AF Lock button until you press the shutter button or just one press will do it? Also, when you use a cable release, can you still use the AE Lock AF Lock button even though it might add a shake to the camera? Do you have to keep holding the AE Lock AF Lock button until you press the shutter button or just one press will do it? Also, when you use a cable release, can you still use the AE Lock AF Lock button even though it might add a shake to the camera?

]]> By: HoaiPhai http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-10384 HoaiPhai Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:09:12 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-10384 Hi Niku, One thing that you might want to consider is that with Canon digital cameras, you must use lenses designed expressly for Canon digital. Now, I'm not 100% sure about this but that's what I've read. Perhaps newer models will allow mounting older lenses designed for film but I think they have different mounts. The D300 and other higher-end Nikons (but maybe not all...check the specs) work with older lenses because they have the same F-mount that Nikon has used since the 1950s. If you have older, non-digital lenses (Nikon calls them non-CPU lenses), you can save up to ten (on the D300) focal length/maximum aperture combinations onto the camera's memory. When you mount a non-CPU lens, you just select its specs from the list you've created and this causes the camera's metering system to compensate for the lens' optics and the camera records the focal length and aperture settings in the image's Exif metadata. There are lots of great new lenses out there but if your lens budget is limited, and you have a Nikon, you can pick up some nice old glass used at your local camera shop or on-line. On the other hand, if you have loads of cash, you could get yourself some phenomenal exotic optics that has been discontinued (like the legendary Nikkor 13mm f/5.6 for about $20,000!). I have a Nikon 500mm mirror lens that was made sometime around 1982 and it works great on my Nikon D300. I also have a 50mm f/1.2 that is non-CPU (manufactured in 2009) that also works like a charm except that most digital cameras' focussing screens are not optimized for the critical manual focus that is required when shooting anywhere near f/1.2. Canon digitals, I am lead to believe, offer much better choice in the focussing screen department. If you need high resolution in a full-frame digital, Canon sells their 21 MP 5D Mark II for $2900 (here in Canada) where Nikon's similarly-priced D700 gives you "only" 12 MP for $2600. If you want to go above 20 MP in Nikon's line, you'll have to spend $8000 on a 24.5 MP D3X...the same price you'd pay here for a 21 MP Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. I own a APS-C sensor 12.5 MP Nikon D300, and I think it's great. I'd love to get my hands on a full-frame 24.5 MP D3X, but don't foresee having that kind of cash anytime soon, so I'll just have to make do! Hope this helps and doesn't confuse! Hi Niku,

One thing that you might want to consider is that with Canon digital cameras, you must use lenses designed expressly for Canon digital. Now, I’m not 100% sure about this but that’s what I’ve read. Perhaps newer models will allow mounting older lenses designed for film but I think they have different mounts.

The D300 and other higher-end Nikons (but maybe not all…check the specs) work with older lenses because they have the same F-mount that Nikon has used since the 1950s. If you have older, non-digital lenses (Nikon calls them non-CPU lenses), you can save up to ten (on the D300) focal length/maximum aperture combinations onto the camera’s memory. When you mount a non-CPU lens, you just select its specs from the list you’ve created and this causes the camera’s metering system to compensate for the lens’ optics and the camera records the focal length and aperture settings in the image’s Exif metadata.

There are lots of great new lenses out there but if your lens budget is limited, and you have a Nikon, you can pick up some nice old glass used at your local camera shop or on-line. On the other hand, if you have loads of cash, you could get yourself some phenomenal exotic optics that has been discontinued (like the legendary Nikkor 13mm f/5.6 for about $20,000!).

I have a Nikon 500mm mirror lens that was made sometime around 1982 and it works great on my Nikon D300. I also have a 50mm f/1.2 that is non-CPU (manufactured in 2009) that also works like a charm except that most digital cameras’ focussing screens are not optimized for the critical manual focus that is required when shooting anywhere near f/1.2.

Canon digitals, I am lead to believe, offer much better choice in the focussing screen department.

If you need high resolution in a full-frame digital, Canon sells their 21 MP 5D Mark II for $2900 (here in Canada) where Nikon’s similarly-priced D700 gives you “only” 12 MP for $2600. If you want to go above 20 MP in Nikon’s line, you’ll have to spend $8000 on a 24.5 MP D3X…the same price you’d pay here for a 21 MP Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III.

I own a APS-C sensor 12.5 MP Nikon D300, and I think it’s great. I’d love to get my hands on a full-frame 24.5 MP D3X, but don’t foresee having that kind of cash anytime soon, so I’ll just have to make do!

Hope this helps and doesn’t confuse!

]]> By: The Second Most « Brett May Photography http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-8433 The Second Most « Brett May Photography Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:54:21 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-8433 [...] So Nick Campbell taught me something awhile back that I never really thought about. It helps knowing the ins-and-outs of your camera. Check it:Grayscalegorilla/second_most [...] [...] So Nick Campbell taught me something awhile back that I never really thought about. It helps knowing the ins-and-outs of your camera. Check it:Grayscalegorilla/second_most [...]

]]> By: thegorilla http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-5608 thegorilla Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:52:32 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-5608 You can use that button for locking auto focus in manual mode. You can use that button for locking auto focus in manual mode.

]]> By: Tonina http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/07/the-second-most-important-button-on-your-dslr/comment-page-1/#comment-5601 Tonina Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:30:32 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3311#comment-5601 I know this is stupid, but I will ask anyway. So if I shoot manual mode and do manual focus, there is no use for that button right? I always shoot manual/manual. Thank you. I know this is stupid, but I will ask anyway. So if I shoot manual mode and do manual focus, there is no use for that button right? I always shoot manual/manual. Thank you.

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