Recent content by Stitch-Up

Cleaning made no difference unfortunately. I agree with comments about the lens - not worth spending money on! Thanks all

Thanks for reply, Yes, other lenses focus fine on both my 5D MK3 & my new R8. I'll certainly try your suggestion of cleaning the contacts on the lens - the least I should do :) I agree that a lens repair would likely be expensive and not worthwhile. Thanks for taking the time. John

I have a Canon EF 28-135mm F3.5 - 5.6 IS USM Zoom Lens that just continually 'hunts' while trying to auto focus. Even if I provide a good focus point, it fails and just hunts! I have no idea why this is happening just wondering if this would be an easy fix? Is it worth spending any money...

Thanks everyone for your input - I learned from the discussion :clap:

Good idea, will do and report back :)

Thanks everyone for the replies :) I'm not sure I fully understand but I'll get my head around it soon! I always thought that what I saw in the eye piece was what I'd get in the picture file - seems I get far more (wider) in the eye piece than I get in the file.

I have a Canon Zoom Lens EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 USM lens attached to a Canon R8 full frame camera. All the videos and a photography course I do states that at 50mm it should be closest to how we view with the eye e.g. if I set the lens to 50mm the view in the camera should be about the same as I'd...

My 5D MkIII failed to power up, sent away to a Canon approved repairer they returned as beyond economical repair - my decision when I discovered the cost! Long & short, found someone online who repaired it including new main board at extremely economical price even with videos of all the work he...

Thanks all, you've provided the answer :) Just to add detail, my camera is a Canon R8 with Canon 100 to 400 lens. The tripod also has a gimbal fitted pointing towards trees with bird activity. Thanks for all the replies.

My partner wants me to set my camera up on a tripod on our veranda with a remote shutter cable so she can take some pictures. My camera is set for BBF so I'm unsure if, when using a remote shutter cable whether it will focus at the same time? Hope I explained that okay?

I've been using back button focusing for a while and wonder whether it's possible to use it with a remote shutter release cable or Bluetooth? Apologise if this is a stupid question!

I regret my happiness was short lived :( Camera not powering on again and now sent off for a 'power board' repair - might be 2 to 3 weeks before I can add more to the story.

Well, I spent most of the day searching Youtube for a solution, there were quite a few 'solutions' and I just waded through all of them! I was getting rather disheartened and even started looking for an alternative camera to purchase, then I got a shock at the cost of purchasing a full-frame...

Thanks for the reply todders,. Since posting here I've watched quite a few YT videos and tried all the suggestions without success :( My guess is that it's not booting up due to the very low battery when I was changing settings! Just a guess. Checked the door and the 'plunger switch'. I've...

My Canon 5D Mk3 not powering on! Last night I left my 5D powered (by mistake). When I picked my camera up this morning the LCD was still displaying as I'd previously disabled the auto power off. I made some changes to some setting e.g. assigning the AF point to the multi-controller. All worked...