Thank u for chiming in on my very amateur question. Went out w/ my Canon t2i and 10-22mm lens to practice landscape shots. When I got home & inserted the SD card into my computer, I was horrified. Every single shot was out of focus. The lens settings, ISO shutter speed were all fine. I checked my lens & found that it was switched to MF instead of AF. I of course still shoot everything in auto. I'm sure that I checked some of the shots in the field but there I could not tell how bad the focus was. The bright sunshine probably washed out my screen a bit. Also my glasses are polarized which makes the camera screen appear even darker. Needless to say I will always check my lens setting from now on but is there anything else I could have done to discover this sooner.

Ok, here's another idea that can be considered at times when conformation of focus in the field is difficult, different from the above ones.

If you are going to be using a 10-20mm at average apertures learn what the rough DoF ranges are. Some practice at home will soon teach you that a an aperture of f/x and focus set at a certain distance marking on the lens will give everything in focus from say 2 metres in front of the camera to infinity.

It's a practice I use often use with short FLs in very low light where AF is impossible and MF very dodgy.

We all do it. Don't beat yourself up. There's a suggestion above to use AI Servo 'continuous' focus, preferably set to a Back Button Focus. This was one of the most impactful changes I made to my shooting technique about 6 years ago. Your EOS T2i lets you make this change. I didn't pull your manual. You might need to look at C.Fn-4 on that model, using I believe the 3 setting. If you're interested but have difficultly finding / understanding how to set-up, just give a follow-up question. Once you get the hang of telling the camera to always be focusing whenever your thumb is pressing the BBF, you just have to remember every once in a while to check the AF/MF setting on the lens, trying to make it a habit whenever mounting a lens or turning on the camera.

I have a Canon 60D which has served me extremely well and is now about 7 years old. I have a problem in that when I connect it via cable to a television set or to my computer, I cannot get the images to playback.

I have both units switched off prior to connecting them and then turn them on but it does not work and nor does any combination of one off, one on etc get it to function. The only way I can get to view my images is to use either a card reader into the computer or by entering the card directly into the Television slot.

I would be very grateful if anyone had any idea as to what the reason could be. It might of course be an internal fault that requires professional servicing.

Other than this the camera works well.

Thank you

Paul B

New Zealand

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