Eye sight problem looking for fixed focus lens
Sep 23, 2022 19:39:23 #
My eye sight is getting worse and I’m legally blind in one eye. I used my Nikon Z7 on a recent photo shoot in Florida and had a lot of problems seeing thru my view finder on whether my camera was in focus. In reviewing my photos a lot of them are out of focus. I would like to switch to a fixed focus lens. I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.
Sep 23, 2022 20:02:20 #
Thrill15 wrote:
My eye sight is getting worse and I’m legally blind in one eye. I used my Nikon Z7 on a recent photo shoot in Florida and had a lot of problems seeing thru my view finder on whether my camera was in focus. In reviewing my photos a lot of them are out of focus. I would like to switch to a fixed focus lens. I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.
Did you adjust your diopter strength?
Sep 23, 2022 20:03:04 #
Sep 23, 2022 20:11:59 #
Chicago312
Loc: Western suburb, Chicago
I’ve never heard of a fixed focus lens, by which I assume you mean a lens that is already focused at a certain distance?
From your above description, I don’t know what you were shooting (people?), type of lens, whether this is an isolated incident or has been going on for a while with everything you shoot? More details would be helpful.
My vision isn’t great either, but here’s a few suggestions:
1) post some unedited photos, and describe what your focus was intended to be - there are some very talented photographers on UHH who can download/analyze what’s going with your photos/camera
2) if you are shooting manual focus lenses, you can use focus peaking to assist with your shooting.
3) if you’re shooting autofocus, then play around with the different auto-focus area modes.
If you are dead set on getting a fixed focus lens, the I would recommend a vintage Nikkor AI-S lens. As it is manual focus you can simply tape down the focus ring and your distance/focus is set/fixed.
Stephen
From your above description, I don’t know what you were shooting (people?), type of lens, whether this is an isolated incident or has been going on for a while with everything you shoot? More details would be helpful.
My vision isn’t great either, but here’s a few suggestions:
1) post some unedited photos, and describe what your focus was intended to be - there are some very talented photographers on UHH who can download/analyze what’s going with your photos/camera
2) if you are shooting manual focus lenses, you can use focus peaking to assist with your shooting.
3) if you’re shooting autofocus, then play around with the different auto-focus area modes.
If you are dead set on getting a fixed focus lens, the I would recommend a vintage Nikkor AI-S lens. As it is manual focus you can simply tape down the focus ring and your distance/focus is set/fixed.
Stephen
Sep 23, 2022 20:12:33 #
Orphoto
Loc: Oregon
Fixed focus is usually only the cheapest plastic cameras. Try using the other focussing aids like the arrows and dot or focus peaking if in manual. If in autofocus you might to do some work with focus tuning.
Sep 23, 2022 20:13:49 #
Practice using the touch screen and clicking a point in the composition you want the sharpest focus. Then, consider using AF-Continuous where half-pressing and holding the shutter button half-pressed will activate the AF at that preselected AF point. You should get perfectly sharp images with all your AF-capable lenses.
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Thrill15 wrote:
Yes
You're going to have to remember to use <quote reply> so terse responses like this have some amount of context.
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Sep 23, 2022 20:29:58 #
Thrill15 wrote:
I appreciate it. Thanks
Again, you're going to have to remember to use <quote reply> so your replies have context.
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