Manual focus

[pompelmo]

any, help for manual focus...i try to focus, but i dont really get it focused..especialy on tele lenses
thank you

 

[dEARlEADER]

any, help for manual focus...i try to focus, but i dont really get it focused..especialy on tele lenses
thank you

What body do you use?

 

[Socrates]

any, help for manual focus...i try to focus, but i dont really get it focused..especialy on tele lenses
thank you

If it will make you feel any better, the focusing screens fifty years ago made manual focusing a snap. I don't know about the pro cameras but the screens on consumer bodies today pretty much mandate autofocus.

 

[usayit]

Yes.. not only focusing screens but the viewfinders were much brighter too.

 

[Alpha]

Split screens make life so much easier.

 

[rmh159]

Maybe it's me being naive but I've never seen the purpose of manual-focus unless you're in one of those rare situations where the camera is unable to auto-focus for you.

If someone wants to enlighten me, please feel free.

 

[pompelmo]

i use nikon d40x..where can i get focus screens for manual focus?

 

[Alpha]

Maybe it's me being naive but I've never seen the purpose of manual-focus unless you're in one of those rare situations where the camera is unable to auto-focus for you.

If someone wants to enlighten me, please feel free.

Are they really so rare?

Low light? Macro? Landscape? Selective focus?

 

[rmh159]

Are they really so rare?

Low light? Macro? Landscape? Selective focus?

I could see it for Macro but for the others I'm able to set the focus by pushing the shutter release 1/2 way down and then recomposing.

 

[Overread]

low light wildlife won't give you the time of day to recompose

 

[pompelmo]

going out of subject??

 

[Alpha]

I could see it for Macro but for the others I'm able to set the focus by pushing the shutter release 1/2 way down and then recomposing.

How about trying to get your lens to automatically hyper-focus?

 

[Overread]

sorry pompelmo - to be honest I think the answer is to practice more.
Out of interest though have you tested your viewfinder to make sure that it is set to the correct focus - othewise it could be that each time you are seeing a sharp shot in the viewfinder it is infact not in foucs?
I think it should talk about this in your user manual - look in the index under viewfinder and see if you can find it (don;t know nikons) but there is proable a little dial to one side of your viewfinder

 

[anubis404]

Maybe it's me being naive but I've never seen the purpose of manual-focus unless you're in one of those rare situations where the camera is unable to auto-focus for you.

If someone wants to enlighten me, please feel free.

I'm not sure if all cameras have autofocus motors.

 

[bhop]

Maybe it's me being naive but I've never seen the purpose of manual-focus unless you're in one of those rare situations where the camera is unable to auto-focus for you.

If someone wants to enlighten me, please feel free.

Ever try to focus on something behind a fence? Or dirty glass? Not that those are optimal situations for most photography, but sometimes it happens. Street shooting is harder with auto-focus. Walking people don't wait for you to focus and recompose.

Personally, I don't even bother to manual focus with my D70 because the viewfinder is so small and dim, which is probably one reason I use my old film cameras more these days.