Comments on: Canon EOS-50D Set-up

By: birdsasart

birdsasart — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:32:12 +0000

In order to focus with the star button on the MII, you needed to set a custom function. It is the same with the 50D, but the CFs are different so you need to consult your camera body manual. Good luck.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:53:22 +0000

I just picked up a 50D as a second camera body to my 1D Mark II and am trying to configure the custom functions. On my Mark II, I press the star button to focus and the shutter to take the picture. This works well in either horizontal or vertical grip. However, I cannot figure out the function to have the 50D do the same. Can you help? Thanks,

By: birdsasart

birdsasart — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:08 +0000

Hi Yatin, I am going to post some information that will help right now. Check it out and then get back to me after you have done the two tests.

By: yatin parikh

yatin parikh — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:33:23 +0000

I have canon eos 50d with 100mm-400mm l series lens. I am birds lover. But i can’t click flying birds. I use AI servo and selected centre AF point, but the bird is not perfect focus. What should i do. Plz reply me on my email ID. thank you………

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:09:14 +0000

Thank you to William! I am taking a color photography course and for the life of me could not get my ISO below 200———-thank goodness for coming across this post–helpful, however, the responses were what saved my life!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:29:56 +0000

are these settings good for sport shooting? I shoot alot of soccer, majority of my photos come out great, I have problems when the sun goes down and I am shooting with the school field lights. Get way too many blurred shots and I have tried lowering the f-stop number to upping the shutter speed to upping the ISO. Can’t seem to get it right. I know it is quite difficult to do but I know it can be somewhat done. I use the Canon EF 70-200mm L series 2.8 lens

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By: birdsasart

birdsasart — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:42:29 +0000

My understanding is that if you are using either DPP or Breezebrowser (which uses the Canon SDK) then the in-cammera sharpening is applied. (I use sharpening: 3.) Otherwise, there is no effect on the RAW.

By: Frank Gruber

Frank Gruber — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:07:35 +0000

I have a question regarding Red Menu 2 and in camera sharpening. Does the setting Sharpness >0 effect the Raw file?
Thanks in advance!

By: birdsasart

birdsasart — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:12:49 +0000

Yes, HTP on eliminates expanded ISOs. As many of you know, I am not at all a techical person. I sent the HTP questions from a BPN thread to Chuck Westfall at Canon. Here is his repsonse:

“Canon has not publicly disclosed all the details of the method used to achieve Highlight Tone Priority. I can confirm that Canon’s method involves lowering the gain on the image sensor and modifying the image processing algorithm to simulate the ISO speed set by the user, but the details of the algorithm are confidential. Since HTP does involve lower gain than standard camera settings, it affects both RAW data and JPEG images. Although it would be possible for users to come close to simulating the effects of HTP for RAW images by shooting at a lower ISO speed and altering the tone curve of the image during post-processing, this method requires advance planning and furthermore offers no advantages in terms of noise reduction compared to setting HTP on the camera. Finally, as stated in the camera instruction manuals, “noise in the shadow areas may be slightly more than usual” when HTP is activated. Therefore, it’s basically up to users to decide if the benefits of HTP outweigh the potential drawbacks.”

Best Regards,

Chuck Westfall
Technical Advisor/Professional Products Marketing Division

Lastly, Breezebrowswer does apply the Tone Curve and also follows other RAW instructions as the Brbr converter employs the Canon SDK (software development kit).