JohnHBailey

I'm not totally sure this is relevant, howver on my EOS 80D the AF points only show green in live view - when shooting via the viewfinder they don't show any colour at all, they merely grow ...

For my personal tastes, those are spot-on !

Lol that's where I've been going wrong, I only worked with computers for about 40 years !  As 20 or so years of that was with Unisys I've obviously gotten too used to proper operating systems   :-D

I can't say I've ever tried that on my 80D, but then I have it set so that the preview only stays on screen for 2 seconds.   Pressing playback is just as convenient, really.

I find even connectng it directly is hard enough work. Yes it's great when you have it all talking to your phone correctly - what's not to like about "remote live view" - but why you have to jump ...

As you are new to the camera, can I suggest you use the central group of 9 focus points to begin with ?  You can always move it left or right using the top wheel if you don't want to focus and ...

I can only go by what Canon do in the UK. Here we get half a manual in the box which covers all of the controls and menus and some of the functions - about 200 pages, easy to slip into your camera ...

I've used the 24-105L on APS-C for the last 12 years. Just occasionally I  want something wider, but it's very rarely been an issue.

Yes, my 80D too.    Now that you've pointed this out, I really must dig out my old 30D and compare it with that !

I'd agree with HossainG - if you're pointing directly into a very bright light source (was the sun actually shining through that window ?)  then a lens hood is not going to prevent lens flare.  A ...

In the camera itself, no.  This facility does exist in the firmware for the xD series but not in the firmware for the xxD series, although there is no reason why Canon couldn't implement it if ...

I find that if you shoot RAW (and surely you're not going to shoor JPEGs for a wedding ??) then the quickest enhancement is usually to bump up the saturation by 1 or 2 notches in post. If you have ...

Another thing you need to watch with off-brand batteries (in my experience) is the fit.  I had a Hahnel battery for my 30D; performance-wise i detected no difference between it and the Canon ...

No need to apologise at all. I did almost the same the other day (had to RTFM to check how to use live view for stills rather than movies, had completely forgotten about just pressing ...

When you are trying to shoot in Live View mode, is the camera confirming focus on the screen ?   Also, does it allow you to shoot a movie ?

The locomotive I was shooting certainly demonstrated that.  What intrigues me is the 80D in Evaluative metering mode seems to expose for the darkest part of the subject, as is also shown in the ...

I have noticed that my 80D, when shooting throught the viewfinder in very bright sunlight and using evaluative metering, consistently overexposes in exactly the way shown above. My thinking is ...

Are you saying that the over-exposure of shots taken through the viewfinder shows up in the EXIF as well - i.e. you can actually see a 2/3 stop difference recorded there ?   I often find that I ...

Colin, True - my hands do tremble slightly, but I routinely allow my 80D to drop to 1/60 with  IS on and I make sure to brace myself and squeeze gently (oooh matron.)    I have the older IS lenses ...

With that lens, 1/250 and 1/320 should be fast enough so long as IS is on. Leave IS switched on unless you're using a tripod (in which case remember to switch it off.)   As someone else said ...