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Adjusting autofocus on Canon XT 350D after IR conversion

 
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Nov 18, 2008 10:20 |  #1

I converted my XT to IR, and the autofocus is just a bit off... It's not to bad if I shoot at f8 or more..

I looked and could not find anything on adjusting autofocus. Has anyone seen anything on this or done it before?

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Nov 18, 2008 11:50 |  #2

If you had it done at lifepixel, they should have calibrated it to the best of their ability. On cameras before the 1dmkiii, there was no user adjustable af correction CF.n


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Nov 18, 2008 14:04 as a reply to  @ basroil's post |  #3

Autofocus can be problematic with IR conversions. Many commercial IR conversions will be optimized for one specific lens.

Probably, the best approach for a camera converted by the photographer or for a camera converted by a company which doesn't specify a specific lens in their conversion is to shoot at f/8 or smaller apertures - preferably f/11 or f/16.

Some of the better manual focus lenses usually had an infrared focusing sale onthe lens barrel. Obviously autofocus lenses don't incorporate IR scales.


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Nov 18, 2008 14:30 |  #4

I did the conversion myself, and at f8- and on.. the pictures are great... I guess I'll have to live with it... Thanks!


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