When shooting in MANUAL...

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Help, again -

When shooting in MANUAL, does that mean camera in manual only? Or do you put your lens in manual too?

I shoot with both in manal in dark venues, however I notice when I use my lens in manual, for some reason images are slightly out of focus. Now my vision is pretty much 20/20, so I have no idea why I'm having this problem. Any suggestions?

[viet]

Camera in Manual, but Auto Focus (AF) for lens. It's too hard to focus manually unless the subject stays very still. AF should work fairly well with AF assist beam if you shoot either Canon or Nikon.

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Camera in Manual, but Auto Focus (AF) for lens. It's too hard to focus manually unless the subject stays very still. AF should work fairly well with AF assist beam if you shoot either Canon or Nikon.

Yeah, I thought so. My lens takes a long time to autofocus when there is a lot of movement. Thanks, Viet

[Bobster]

generally a fast lens is very quick to auto focus, the cheaper the glass the longer it takes to pickup.. i find my Tamron 28-75 2.8 sometimes hunts a little before locking on..

[cosworth]

I shoot im M plus I use Cf.4-3. My lens is manual but I press a button (not shutter) to activate AF.

I took some getting used to since u shot that was for years with film. When I went AF I got spoiled and just focus recomposed with AF.

Happy to be back in M territory.

[notapro]

I shoot im M plus I use Cf.4-3. My lens is manual but I press a button (not shutter) to activate AF.


Ditto.. my exposure lock and focus buttons are reversed. I like it better because I never accidentally re-focus while pressing the shutter. I use MF in low light a lot, too, because I don't have a good lens. It literally is faster to focus myself than wait for the hunting to maybe find it's mark.

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The lens I shot with was a tamron 85mm. It's great in the daytime, but at night, shooting without a flash, I had to put my lens in manual. Canon lenses are much faster then?

[notapro]

The lens I shot with was a tamron 85mm. It's great in the daytime, but at night, shooting without a flash, I had to put my lens in manual. Canon lenses are much faster then?

Not necessarily. Canon makes some crappy lenses, mine included.

[cosworth]

And I use a split image focus screen. Feels like my old AE-1 sometimes.

[Big Mike]

I notice when I use my lens in manual, for some reason images are slightly out of focus. Now my vision is pretty much 20/20, so I have no idea why I'm having this problem. Any suggestions?
Do the images look just as sharp in the viewfinder when you use AF? Does your camera have a viewfinder with a diopter adjustment? Maybe your viewfinder is not calibrated to your vision (which should be zero with 20-20) and that's why your manual focus shots are OOF.

Personally, I use AF almost all the time...and I also use CF-4 to have the AF on the * button.

[superdiver]

I was thinking the same thing Big Mike...

I wonder if the diopter is set wrong?

[cosworth]

Sometimes you need to play sub-commander and verify range to target with a ping o' focus.

"One ping only Vassily, one ping only."

A focus screen can sometimes show this that the AF didn't lock exactly where you needed and it's out a hair.

[bleeds]

Do the images look just as sharp in the viewfinder when you use AF? Does your camera have a viewfinder with a diopter adjustment? Maybe your viewfinder is not calibrated to your vision (which should be zero with 20-20) and that's why your manual focus shots are OOF.

Personally, I use AF almost all the time...and I also use CF-4 to have the AF on the * button.

Yes Mike, usually the imges are sharp when using AF. On a 20D where would the diopter be? How do I adjust it?

[superdiver]

Its right next the the eye view finder thingy...A little wheel (at least on the 30D thats where it is)...

[pjtemplin]

Sometimes you need to play sub-commander and verify range to target with a ping o' focus.

"One ping only Vassily, one ping only."


Yes, but I think he was a defector...could that be a reference to the 1D3's focus defects?