Jan (and everybody who was so helpful to me here),


I finally had a little time last night to run through the Custom Function settings on the 5DII and found both the Highlight Tone Priority enabled and the ALO set at "Standard" default. I had disabled ALO on the DPP software, but hadn't realized I'd need to check for in-camera settings too (You have no idea what a technophobe I am in reality, how slowly I catch on to things like this). I'm betting that disabling these two functions is going to make all the difference in my exposures when I go back to using AV mode. I think the two combined with a sunny hazy day made for a lot of overexposed photos. --And since the camera works just fine on both Auto and Full Manual modes, I'm pretty sure it was nothing more than a setting mishap.


Thank you so much for helping me! I'm really grateful to all you folks here. You're great (and patient) teachers.


Jan: when you get ready to sell that polarizer for a couple of bucks, let me know. I'm looking to get one in the next six weeks or so. You could throw in that 100mm macro as part of the deal, too. I wouldn't complain.


g.