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<blockquote data-quote="Retro" data-source="post: 475221" data-attributes="member: 37517">I went to Point Pelee with my daughter the other day for a day of shooting. I brought my FE2, and she brought her Rebel XSi.We had a beautiful day, and I'll get my pics back next Tuesday.Anyway, I had trouble with the focus ring. The method of focus I use is the semi-circles with the horizontal line. I read before that this plane has 3 focus methods. This is the one I prefer.The bottom semi-circle kept going black on me, so I couldn't line up the edges of objects (my daughter's camera strap, for example) since I could only see through the top semi-circle.Movements I made kept changing the bottom semi-circle to transparent, but I couldn't tell how it was happening. This difficulty caused me to take longer for many shots, and was frustrating for my daughter to have to wait. Nobody likes waiting for a photographer who doesn't know what he's doing. I want to be quick with my shots, so I need to work on all of the things that slow me down. I think a good photographer should be at least as quick as someone with a point and shoot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retro, post: 475221, member: 37517"] I went to Point Pelee with my daughter the other day for a day of shooting. I brought my FE2, and she brought her Rebel XSi. We had a beautiful day, and I'll get my pics back next Tuesday. Anyway, I had trouble with the focus ring. The method of focus I use is the semi-circles with the horizontal line. I read before that this plane has 3 focus methods. This is the one I prefer. The bottom semi-circle kept going black on me, so I couldn't line up the edges of objects (my daughter's camera strap, for example) since I could only see through the top semi-circle. Movements I made kept changing the bottom semi-circle to transparent, but I couldn't tell how it was happening. This difficulty caused me to take longer for many shots, and was frustrating for my daughter to have to wait. Nobody likes waiting for a photographer who doesn't know what he's doing. I want to be quick with my shots, so I need to work on all of the things that slow me down. I think a good photographer should be at least as quick as someone with a point and shoot. [/QUOTE]

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