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BRIAN WORLEY

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Brian is a freelance photographer

and photo tutor, based in

Oxfordshire. He has unrivalled

EOS DSLR knowledge, after

working for Canon for over

15 years, and is on hand to

answer all your EOS and

photographic queries

What do you think of the EOS 77D

as an upgrade for my EOS 760D?

John Clark, South Shields

BRIAN SAYS... The EOS 77D

replaced the EOS 760D in

Canon’s range, but the update

is quite minor depending on

the kind of photography you

do. First up, the image sensor

has the same 24Mp

resolution, but you get an

updated DIGIC 7 processor,

and a 45-point AF system

derived from the EOS 80D. In

addition you also gain further

improvement in the Live View

and movie functionalities,

particularly with face tracking

AF. All your existing lenses,

and batteries can also be

used with the EOS 77D.

For most photography,

there’s not a great deal of

difference in the two. The

updated AF is worth the

update for wildlife, sport and

action photography though.

Check out the EOS 80D or

EOS 90D for a big update.

BRIAN SAYS... Tilt-shift

lenses are a bit more involved

to use successfully, but for a

shot of a building you only

have two things to factor in.

First, you have to use manual

focus for a tilt-shift; secondly

use a tripod to ensure the

camera back is ver tical and

use the shift movement only.

For architecture, Canon’s

17mm and 24mm lenses are

ideal. These are quality

lenses with minimal

distortion, despite the

wide-angle. Make sure to

position your camera central

to the building you want to

shoot, then put it on a tripod

and use a spirit level, or the

camera’s electronic level, to

ensure the camera back is

vertical. Starting with the

shift movement in the central

position, focus the lens on the

building whilst in Live View.

Now use the lens shift control

to raise the lens up on the lens

mount. This makes the view

change as if your camera was

higher off the ground, but as

it’s still vertical the building

will have straight sides.

I need to take a photo of a tall building,

and think I will need a tilt-shift lens to do

it, how hard are they to use?

Simon Forrester, Wimbledon

The EOS 760D was a good mainstream camera, the EOS 77D was the

successor, but there’s not so much difference to warrant an upgrade

Using a TS-E 17mm lens, shifted

vertically, the top of the building

can be easily reached

Shifting a TS-E lens moves it across the lens mount. To see the top of

a tall building in your frame you need to shift the lens upwards