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Originally Posted by ejingram
Bob,
Great shots!
May I ask why you are using manual focus.
When I was using my Pentax (35mm - film), with zoom lens, manual focus, I was told not to turn it all the way to the end, it makes it out of focus.
Also, on my Nikon D50, I use my "flower" setting for something like that even though it's far away. The "flower" setting hones it better. I don't trust my eyes/glasses, so I use auto focus. But that's my opinion/experience.
Hope that helps a little.
Ellen  |
Hi Ellen,
On the Eagle shots the camera would focus on parts of the tree and not the birds which were a few feet beyond that (With my auto focus 300mm). Plus the auto focus kept trying to correct it after i changed it. haha.
Well- I purchased a "huge" lens (800-1600) that was manual focus only and went back to try and catch the Eagles again. -- Even on a tripod and being very careful focusing - and using a remote trigger...the eagles would be sharp as tacks in the viewfinder.. but the images, once unloaded appeared a little off in the focus department. I'm still working on it - and I guess it could be any number of things.. I mean, at 1600mm I figure any sort of breeze at all could cause the image to blur.
I'll keep trying and when i get the answer I'll definitly post it here
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