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What's the D300's "Close-up mode" for?



 
 
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Old September 21st 04, 08:48 PM
Darryl
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Hi,

I've had my Digital Rebel for...three and a half days now, and I'm
quite confident with it now. I've got all the controls and modes and
everything figured out (I think), except for the close-up mode. What
does this do that makes it special for close-up shots? Close-up shots
done in any of the other modes (such as Program mode) turn out just
fine.

I do most of my shooting in the creative modes, but I'm wondering if
there's something that "close-up" mode does that I can't select
manually (like the AI Servo focus that sport mode does).

- Darryl
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Old September 22nd 04, 10:08 AM
Walter Hofmann
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GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.


But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.

Walter
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Old September 22nd 04, 10:08 AM
Walter Hofmann
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GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.


But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.

Walter
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Old September 22nd 04, 10:08 AM
Walter Hofmann
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GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.


But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.

Walter
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Old September 22nd 04, 04:04 PM
GT40
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On 22 Sep 2004 09:08:59 GMT, Walter Hofmann
wrote:

GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.


But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.


Untrue, read the manual.

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Old September 22nd 04, 04:47 PM
Claus Hastrup
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"GT40" skrev i en meddelelse
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On 22 Sep 2004 09:08:59 GMT, Walter Hofmann
wrote:

GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.


But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.


Untrue, read the manual.


True - I did read the manual... Continuous autofocus only exists in
sportsmode...


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Old September 23rd 04, 03:19 PM
Darryl
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GT40 wrote in message . ..
If I recall its sets a small apature so you can get maximum depth of
field.

Thanks...I'll try to verify that later.
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Old September 23rd 04, 03:29 PM
Darryl
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"Claus Hastrup" wrote in message ...
"GT40" skrev i en meddelelse
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On 22 Sep 2004 09:08:59 GMT, Walter Hofmann
wrote:

GT40 schrieb:

There are no functions in the creative zones that you can't do in
other modes on the camera.

But yes, there are. Continuous auto-focus, for example.


Untrue, read the manual.


True - I did read the manual... Continuous autofocus only exists in
sportsmode...


Well, in the interests of accuracy, sports mode is not in the creative
zone, it's in the basic zone

AI servo focus only exists in sports mode: see the features table at
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos300d/page6.asp

From the same table, partial metering exists in the creative zones,
but not the basic zones. This is one of my few minor complaints about
the camera so far: sometimes you have to fiddle with it to get the
combination of features you want for a given shot (and a couple
combinations, like CW average metering and One-shot autofocus, are
totally impossible). This is my first SLR, so for all I know most
cameras have these sort of restrictions, but I still find it
-slightly- irritating. In most situations, using one of the built-in
modes is convenient. I just wish they were a little more customizable.

That said, I also realize I'm using a bottom-of-the-line DSLR, so I
won't complain too loudly

- Darryl
 




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