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Does anyone know if spot metering is linked to the active focus point?

Hi Glenn. I'm shooting with a Canon Rebel. I'm quite sure that I'd like to have off camera though, so that I can learn to light well by seeing the light. I did have a look at umbrellas. I heard that softboxes produce a softer light. Why do umbrellas produce less shadows than a softbox? I'm...

I'm looking to get my first lighting equipment. I need it to shoot food and the occasional head and shoulders portait. I want to get a nice, soft natural light look. I'm keeping it simple so thinking of a large continuous softbox and some white foam board as a reflector. Can anyone suggest a...

I think I'm also right in assuming that, on an f2.8 sensitive focus point, an f1.2 lens would focus at 1/3 x DOF at f2.8, and would therefore be no more accurate than an f2.8 lens? Thanks for clearing that up. AFAIK all of Nikon's focus points are f5.6. This would mean that an f1.4/2.8 lens...

I've done a lot of reading up on AF accuracy and I have a question. I know that there are a lot of technical people here, so put me straight if I'm going wrong. Accuracy: This is the distance of achieved focus from perfect focus. Precision: For multiple shots, this is the distance (or range)...