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P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday ~ Week 21

P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday ~ Week 21

Spring is here, the weather is improving and there are no excuses not to make some great images. So get out there, ‘make’ an image or two and share them here.

P52 is all about you getting out there, practicing, growing, sharing, and networking with other photographers on a weekly basis.

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How To Focus The Camera In The Dark

How To Focus The Camera In The Dark

Focus Camera in the Dark with Kent Weakley

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There’s nothing more frustrating than to hear your auto focus lens motor winding up and down looking for focus. This is especially true with night photography. Here’s a video that explains why this happens and what to do to gain your focus in the dark.

As I mention in the video, to help secure the focus ring, once the lens is focused, use a piece of tape. I use MicroGaffer tape because it comes in small convenient rolls that are easy to carry in my pack.

Leave me a comment and let me know if you’ve run across this issue and what you did to get focus.

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Daniel Lowe

I’ll give you a tiny hint.. on Canon lenses, if you want to focus on the stars in the sky, put the “L” on the lens to the focus mark. Infinity is “too far” on Canon lenses.

Once I learned that, I started looking for the same thing on Nikkor lenses.. totally different.. they mostly work okay at or close to infinity.

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Kent Weakley

Daniel,
Thanks for the tip. Very helpful to know if you’re a Canon user. Is this true with all Canon lenses? Thanks again for sharing!