Live View Focusing Issue D810

[AdventuresInMyTrustyBoots]

Hi Everyone!

So I have gotten my new D810, coming from the Canon 6D.

I'm trying to get to know the system. This morning I went out the door to take a photo of the Northern Lights. Typically with the 6D I used Live View to manually focus. I use the little box on the screen to move around, find the brightest star, magnify, manually focus and take the photo. I can move the magnifier around to find my focus point.

However, with the D810, the little red square I would typically move to the brightest star, will not move (with the toggle). It seems to be locked near the bottom right corner of the screen. How do I unlock it so I can position it where I want to magnify?

I'm finding the d810 difficult to focus for the night sky due to static noise as well?

Is it just me?

 

[robbins.photo]

Hi Everyone!

So I have gotten my new D810, coming from the Canon 6D.

I'm trying to get to know the system. This morning I went out the door to take a photo of the Northern Lights. Typically with the 6D I used Live View to manually focus. I use the little box on the screen to move around, find the brightest star, magnify, manually focus and take the photo. I can move the magnifier around to find my focus point.

However, with the D810, the little red square I would typically move to the brightest star, will not move (with the toggle). It seems to be locked near the bottom right corner of the screen. How do I unlock it so I can position it where I want to magnify?

I'm finding the d810 difficult to focus for the night sky due to static noise as well?

Is it just me?

Hopefully this will help. Not a D810 guy, and I never use live view.. so...

 

[Dave442]

Also, if the red focusing square is locked in place it can be that you have the focus point lock lever pointed to the L on the back of the camera body. If that is the case just turn it back to the white dot.

 

[AdventuresInMyTrustyBoots]

That's great! Thank you so much. That's exactly what the problem was! I didn't know about that feature. I have so much to learn!

Also, if the red focusing square is locked in place it can be that you have the focus point lock lever pointed to the L on the back of the camera body. If that is the case just turn it back to the white dot.

 

[shadowlands]

Boom! And welcome to the Nikon D800, D800E, D810 family!!!

 

[astroNikon]

FYI, that Focus Lock is common across the Nikon cameras.