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Live view problems
Sep 28, 2015 10:39:50 #
I could not focus my two zoom lens in live view with manual focus. I have the same problem with both lenses on both my D3200 & D7100. Needless to say it ruined the lunar eclipse shots for me as only through the view finder worked and its VERY SMALL. I Hate live view it never seems to work properly. Both cameras are up to date on software updates. Does anyone know why this is happing?
Sep 28, 2015 10:56:05 #
I used live view on my Canon and had to press the magnifier button to enlarge the screen. So I don't know what the Nikon has equivalent to that. Also, focused using high ISO so I could see the image on the screen. Then I reset the ISO lower and turned off live view to take the shot. Try it tonight.
srat50 wrote:
I could not focus my two zoom lens in live view with manual focus. I have the same problem with both lenses on both my D3200 & D7100. Needless to say it ruined the lunar eclipse shots for me as only through the view finder worked and its VERY SMALL. I Hate live view it never seems to work properly. Both cameras are up to date on software updates. Does anyone know why this is happing?
Sep 28, 2015 11:01:31 #
I did that's the problem zoomed or not live view won't work on full moon shots for some reason
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Sep 28, 2015 19:23:42 #
srat50 wrote:
I did that's the problem zoomed or not live view won't work on full moon shots for some reason
What zoom lenses were you using?
Sep 28, 2015 21:49:10 #
jethro779 wrote:
What zoom lenses were you using?
Many zoom lens are quite slow when zoomed out all the way and are not suitable much for night shots. But the moon is bright enough to overcome this problem.
But some cameras are just not very easy to manual focus at night.
I shoot with Sony, which is really easy to focus at night, but I find with my cheaper, 70 - 300mm zoom, the lens gets slower and slower as I zoom out and it becomes hard to focus. But then, if I take a faster, f2.8 type lens, it is really easy to focus.
Sep 28, 2015 22:12:34 #
The eclipse was much harder to focus on than a regular bright full moon. I would think you could have just set your lens focusing ring to infinity and that would have been fine.
Sep 28, 2015 22:28:34 #
JimH123 wrote:
Many zoom lens are quite slow when zoomed out all the way and are not suitable much for night shots. But the moon is bright enough to overcome this problem.
But some cameras are just not very easy to manual focus at night.
I shoot with Sony, which is really easy to focus at night, but I find with my cheaper, 70 - 300mm zoom, the lens gets slower and slower as I zoom out and it becomes hard to focus. But then, if I take a faster, f2.8 type lens, it is really easy to focus.
But some cameras are just not very easy to manual focus at night.
I shoot with Sony, which is really easy to focus at night, but I find with my cheaper, 70 - 300mm zoom, the lens gets slower and slower as I zoom out and it becomes hard to focus. But then, if I take a faster, f2.8 type lens, it is really easy to focus.
I have kit lenses for my D3000(18-55/55-200) that don't focus well on my D7100. I have older Nikkor glass that does focus pretty well on my D3000 & my D7100.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:00:00 #
srat50 wrote:
I could not focus my two zoom lens in live view with manual focus. I have the same problem with both lenses on both my D3200 & D7100. Needless to say it ruined the lunar eclipse shots for me as only through the view finder worked and its VERY SMALL. I Hate live view it never seems to work properly. Both cameras are up to date on software updates. Does anyone know why this is happing?
I use Live View on my D7100 and D610 and have no problem. If I need to see something more clearly to better focus, I just hit the + key and the camera enlarges the image until I can see well enough to focus. I only use live view in dark situations on a tripod so that I don't have to deal with all of the other issues (like holding the camera steady, etc.). I also use a remote release for the extremely slow exposures through the long lenses at night.
Sep 29, 2015 10:09:11 #
thats what i try to do but the moon turns unto a bright blog even though it was mostly focused when I started something must be wrong with my camera or some setting
Sep 29, 2015 10:16:40 #
srat50 wrote:
thats what i try to do but the moon turns unto a bright blog even though it was mostly focused when I started something must be wrong with my camera or some setting
It may be over exposed. My camera tries to over expose so I go to F22 or what ever and do a series of timed exposures on live view until I get the right time.
Sep 29, 2015 10:20:00 #
thanks I'll try that I just want to be able to zoom the image in on my lcd sharpen the focus then swich to manual mirror up to take the exposure
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Sep 29, 2015 10:34:31 #
It was tricky for me, too, but I got pretty good focus. My problem, using live view, magnified, and 500 mm was the focus ring was very touchy, and hard to get it to just the right spot. The image on the LCD never looked perfectly focused, being zoomed in so close.
I used the new Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 on a D810. I wonder if the far more expensive f/4 telephotos would have more gradual and precise manual focusing?
Makes me curious about a good electronic viewfinder.
I used the new Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 on a D810. I wonder if the far more expensive f/4 telephotos would have more gradual and precise manual focusing?
Makes me curious about a good electronic viewfinder.
Sep 29, 2015 10:50:53 #
JimH123 wrote:
Many zoom lens are quite slow when zoomed out all the way and are not suitable much for night shots. But the moon is bright enough to overcome this problem.
But some cameras are just not very easy to manual focus at night.
I shoot with Sony, which is really easy to focus at night, but I find with my cheaper, 70 - 300mm zoom, the lens gets slower and slower as I zoom out and it becomes hard to focus. But then, if I take a faster, f2.8 type lens, it is really easy to focus.
But some cameras are just not very easy to manual focus at night.
I shoot with Sony, which is really easy to focus at night, but I find with my cheaper, 70 - 300mm zoom, the lens gets slower and slower as I zoom out and it becomes hard to focus. But then, if I take a faster, f2.8 type lens, it is really easy to focus.
If you look at the moon shots I posted, I used an a77 with the 70-300. As it turned out I had to underexpose by two stops to get the details of the moon to show. Otherwise all I'd get was a white blob on a black background.
Sep 29, 2015 10:54:34 #
that might help i'll try to focus in live view using f22 if that helps me to get it sharp i can then drop out of live view and expose manualy
Sep 29, 2015 11:16:37 #
srat50 wrote:
that might help i'll try to focus in live view using f22 if that helps me to get it sharp i can then drop out of live view and expose manualy
If it's "sharp" at f/22, how do you know it will still be sharp wider open with less depth of field?
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