Sony A6300 on Celestron 6SE focussing
Aug 18, 2017 15:24:21 #
I am planning on using a Sony A6300 hooked up to a Celestron 6SE next Monday. I am having problems focussing accurately in the sunlight. I can take a shot and look at it in review enlarged and see how I did (the sunspots help). By trial and error, I can slowly get it focussed but it is tedious. Is there a way to blow up the live view, so I can see immediately which way to turn the telescope focusing knob? I am posting this also in the Main Photography section.
Aug 18, 2017 19:09:12 #
hpucker99 wrote:
I am planning on using a Sony A6300 hooked up to a Celestron 6SE next Monday. I am having problems focussing accurately in the sunlight. I can take a shot and look at it in review enlarged and see how I did (the sunspots help). By trial and error, I can slowly get it focussed but it is tedious. Is there a way to blow up the live view, so I can see immediately which way to turn the telescope focusing knob? I am posting this also in the Main Photography section.
I don't know, but maybe this You Tube video can help?
https://youtu.be/awMz9SzmAV0
Aug 18, 2017 23:26:01 #
hpucker99 wrote:
I am planning on using a Sony A6300 hooked up to a Celestron 6SE next Monday. I am having problems focussing accurately in the sunlight. I can take a shot and look at it in review enlarged and see how I did (the sunspots help). By trial and error, I can slowly get it focussed but it is tedious. Is there a way to blow up the live view, so I can see immediately which way to turn the telescope focusing knob? I am posting this also in the Main Photography section.
Sure there is. There is a focus magnifier that can blow it up much larger. I use it for focusing through a telescope and I get perfect focus.
Be sure to turn off Focus Peaking. You don't want both at the same time.
I have several Sony bodies, including the A6300, and I simply define a button to turn on Focus Magnifier.
Aug 19, 2017 12:33:53 #
Aug 19, 2017 15:12:55 #
JimH123 wrote:
Sure there is. There is a focus magnifier that can blow it up much larger. I use it for focusing through a telescope and I get perfect focus.
Be sure to turn off Focus Peaking. You don't want both at the same time.
I have several Sony bodies, including the A6300, and I simply define a button to turn on Focus Magnifier.
Be sure to turn off Focus Peaking. You don't want both at the same time.
I have several Sony bodies, including the A6300, and I simply define a button to turn on Focus Magnifier.
Thank you for the tip. I tried it this morning, and it worked great.
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