some pics from a car show with my T1i and 50mm 1.8 lens..

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@KillerBlackbird

I usually leave my WB set to AWB (automatic white balance), auto focus, and camera set to manual mode. My eye sight sucks and I can’t see for shit so manually focusing for me doesnt happen too much. I will do the “focus, recompose” method of auto focusing on a subject, switching to MF to keep that part in focus. But doing that with a super shallow depth of field can sometimes cause your subject to become out of focus if you move too much.

Best way to learn is on manual mode, try it out sometime. Set your ISO to 100 or 200, aperture to 1.8, then just use the light meter in the view finder to adjust your shutter speed. Its super easy once you do it a few times.

I kept having it focus on the wrong area, how do I get around that? Manual focusing is hard and I prefer the auto focus for sure. So what you do is autofocus on what you want, then switch to manual to keep it from re-focusing? I will have to try the manual mode and set my iso then adjust from there.