I agree with Richard on this one, when shooting Landscape I use my 5D Mark II like a miniature view camera, assessing the horizon and the foreground until I feel there is an acceptable DOF still keeping the horizon in focus.
For you David as I know you\'re considering a 5D-II I will describe this in detail. I will set up the camera in front of the desired scenery, turn on MLU, 2s timer and my remote.
I then press the live view button. A rectangle appears which I move down to the nearest foreground element. I then Press the magnification button twice to get 10x magnification and if this compositional feature is in focus (set to infinity but f/11-f/16) I\'ll usually just take the shot.
If it isn\'t I\'ll turn the focus ring until it just comes into focus (pretty obvious in live view) then use the joystick above the rear wheel to move the area being magnified up to the horizon and I\'ll just double check that is still sharp, and stop down as necessary until it is.
I easily view focus at f/13 after the sun has gone down on an overcast day. I\'m pedantic so after I\'ve checked focus I\'ll turn off live view and wait about 10-20s to allow the sensor to cool before I fire the shutter but I doubt it makes a difference
Jul 31, 2009 at 09:59 AM
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