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January 2, 2011
Egg Factory at Bisti and Live View
Eggs
Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico, USA
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III, 24 TS II, 6 sec, f11, ISO 100
Image taken on December 25, 2010.
Live View
I also used Live View for the first time in the field on that afternoon to help me focus. The 24 TS II is a manual focus lens, and DSLR viewfinders aren't really designed for focusing manually. In the past, I would get most of my images taken with the 24 TS II and 24 TS in focus throughout the image, but occasionally the focus and/or tilt were off. Since switching to setting the tilt and focus with the help of Live View, I no longer have to wait until I get back to my computer to find out if an image is in focus — I can get it right in the field by zooming in at key points of the image to check focus before capturing the image.My partner, Jan Forseth, provided the key piece of information to let me start using Live View in the field. I had set everything up on my camera beforehand, but forgot that it was the Set button that turned Live View on and off on my 1Ds Mk III. Jan was able to look up the directions that she had entered on her iPhone. Thanks Jan!
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