Im into my photography in a little way. I used to have a bridge camera which only had auto focus and so i had no option. At the end of last year i took the step up to a dslr. I purchased a Canon eos 500d and then when i wanted to do some wildlife photography shelled out for a sigma 150-500mm lens.
A friend of mine who is also into his photography told me that manual focus was the way forward.
The problem i have is when i manually focus the image looks sharp as anything through the view finder but when i go through the pictures once im home i find that the focus is actually either a little bit past or in front of the object.
The frustrating thing is to try and make sure i get a picture which is in focus i find myself taking lots of photo's of the same object but manually focusing past the object then back in front in the hope i get a decent shot.
Now that im really getting into catologing birds i really need to learn how to focus quickly and accurately so that i dont miss that all important shot of a bird i have never seen before.
So my initial question is what do you use mostly for bright, day time shooting, manual or auto focus?
Then secondly does it sound like i may not quite have my camera set up properly if the image i see in the view finder is sharp but the image on screen at home is not?
And thirdly the sigma150-500 is a big (ish) zoom lens when at full zoom should there be other things i should be taking into account in order to get that sharp image finish?
Any tips help or constructive criticism will be greatly recieved many thanks
I am more than happy to post any pitures on request.
Rhys
A friend of mine who is also into his photography told me that manual focus was the way forward.
The problem i have is when i manually focus the image looks sharp as anything through the view finder but when i go through the pictures once im home i find that the focus is actually either a little bit past or in front of the object.
The frustrating thing is to try and make sure i get a picture which is in focus i find myself taking lots of photo's of the same object but manually focusing past the object then back in front in the hope i get a decent shot.
Now that im really getting into catologing birds i really need to learn how to focus quickly and accurately so that i dont miss that all important shot of a bird i have never seen before.
So my initial question is what do you use mostly for bright, day time shooting, manual or auto focus?
Then secondly does it sound like i may not quite have my camera set up properly if the image i see in the view finder is sharp but the image on screen at home is not?
And thirdly the sigma150-500 is a big (ish) zoom lens when at full zoom should there be other things i should be taking into account in order to get that sharp image finish?
Any tips help or constructive criticism will be greatly recieved many thanks
I am more than happy to post any pitures on request.
Rhys