[Warspite]

Yes it does - using a 350D and a Canon lens does beep, illuminate the focus point and give you a green light, upon half pressing the shutter button then manually focus, it will beep when focused correctly. Also it will beep about every second so long as the button is half pressed and it is still focused (ie the object has not moved, or the camera/focus has not moved).

Cheers CT I never new that until you mentioned it until now

Originally Posted by CT

Well I'll be surprised if it's a Sigma thing Bod, but utterly gob smacked if it's a 350D thing.

It's neither, it works.



That's all I will say on the matter

[CT]

Originally Posted by Marcel

It's neither, it works.



That's all I will say on the matter

Yes - you do have to switch the camera on!

Cool - thank gawd for that!

[fingerz]

Did that lens test, linked to above, on all my lenses.

The two Canons (nifty fifty and 100mm macro) were fine. The Sigma 18-50 front-focused a little on the first test and back-focused a little on the second test but in both cases the focus line was within the acceptable focus area so I'm not going to worry too much about it.

Originally Posted by CT

Yes - you do have to switch the camera on!

Cool - thank gawd for that!

I'll admit my mistake, but bear in mind it's purely for the benefit of the members, so they can learn from it...lol

I didn't press the focus button, which would normally be a half-pressed-shutter button, but I have Cf4 set so the AE Lock (*) on the rear of the camera is my focus button.

Held that down, and bingo, it works a treat

You may now mock and laugh hysterically.

[digitalfailure]

Marcel, i'm surprised you missed that function. even the older 300D did it


Consider your self mocked

[Arkady]

I always wondered why all the Canon-shooting hacks I work with went beep every so often.

Useful for blind photographers, I suppose, but I'm a little surprised we're spending this amount of time discussing how to focus a lens...

[digitalfailure]

And as well you should wonder m8...........

I even found the ON switch on my camera the other day, can't see much through the big glass bit yet though

[Fangman]

Just had a play with my 350D and Sigma 18-200. It certainly gives the red light if it thinks you have focussed correctly manually at longer focal lengths, but as you near the 18mm end it is reluctant, possibly as I was aiming at the screen and it did not find it as easy to get "edges" to lock on to. I do miss the split and frenzel screens to focus as on my A1. I find at the 18mm setting and a wide depth of field, it not easy to focus manually on anything close on the 350D screen anyway. Blame the bifoculs!

[CT]

Originally Posted by Fangman

Blame the bifoculs!

LOL Tell me about it!

[SammyC]

Originally Posted by Arkady

.... but I'm a little surprised we're spending this amount of time discussing how to focus a lens...

But not everyone has got the amount of experience of others and I think it was an honest question of Jameys about his concerns about his lens not being correct.