Posts: Silvermeteor | Ugly Hedgehog

sbschippers wrote:

Maybe it's just me , but I looked at the download ... (show quote)

Do you have any idea how much time I invested to make this happen. lol. I wonder about equipment problems. It might be worthwhile to borrow and try the $100 Canon 50mm prime and see what happens.

Apr 4, 2016 08:37:19 #

Lazy J wrote:

For what it is worth, I too have failing eyesight ... (show quote)

I will check into it. This is not the first time I have had this problem Thanks for the suggestion.

Apr 4, 2016 08:33:41 #

billnikon wrote:

By the way, it looked like a great sunny day up their in Jamestown Pennsylvania. My real question is " are the crappie hitting yet, how about the walleye on lake Pymatuning? And, are they done with the gatehouse?

Sorry to disappoint but I am from Jamestown, SC. Since we are much farther south the Crappie may well be biting but I do not think we have walleye. lol

Thanks for your response and time.

Apr 4, 2016 08:31:09 #

OnDSnap wrote:

Aside from other suggestions, Obviously you had time to pose each truck, not sure if this would have been practical for you but, I carry with me a 25' & 100' tape measure for estimating construction jobs. If for whatever reason I was unable to achieve focus, I may have resorted to the tried and true, physically measure the distance and set that on my lens distance scale less a scoche.
BTW, although I can't enlarge them on screen, they look pretty good.

The curse of working with inferior equipment is that there is not a distance scale on my kit lens. Is there another way to determine distance on the lens that I am unaware of?

Apr 4, 2016 08:28:14 #

OnDSnap wrote:

Thanks Jerry,I know. I was referring to the download & not being checked...I should have been more clear. But then just realized it was there to download. It's gotta be Monday, or maybe the snow falling has me off my rocker.

I added the d/l after the original post. You may have seen the post and commented before hand and gone back later and it had been added.

Apr 4, 2016 08:25:37 #

lamiaceae wrote:

Glad you finally posted an image. After I wasted my time sounding foolish trying to figure out what you were describing. Yes, the focus was on the roof edge or building wall. File is not really large in dimensions.

I would image you received plenty of good suggestions.

I have received several good ideas. Sorry you felt foolish. Never my intent. It happens so often to me that Senior Moments have become a way of life. Thanks for taking the time to post.

Apr 4, 2016 08:23:23 #

Parrotman wrote:

go on Amazon.com and buy an "eye cup" it fits on the view finder on your camera. (not the live screen) when you put your eye against it, you block out all the glare and you can use the focus box in the view finder. I have a similar problem with my glasses when I am shooting outside. So if I am shooting outside I put on the eye cup and take off my glasses. Works great.

A great thought and, I already happen to have one and did not think to use it. I was confident I had things right. Guess I should not have been so confident. I would much prefer to shoot without my glasses. I have to place my trust in the camera focusing system since I am unable to adjust the diopter in the viewfinder sufficiently to bring it into focus.

Apr 3, 2016 23:28:44 #

Jim Bob wrote:

Looks like a bright day and good lighting. Why use spot focus?

I was specifically interested in getting the logo on the door of the truck sharp. Not! Embarrassing moment.

Apr 3, 2016 20:38:52 #

Thanks for the thoughts. I used the tripod primarily to ensure that I got the exact same shot for all four trucks. At least that was my thought. lol I honestly do not think that a darn one of them is in focus.

Apr 3, 2016 18:09:40 #

I will give due consideration to all suggestions and strive to do better if there is a next time. As far as new technology goes I'm afraid that also requires new technology dollars. I will give it a look.

Thanks for all the input.

Apr 3, 2016 10:59:51 #

DerBiermeister wrote:

I have never done any searching, but I would bet that there are some pretty neat hoods out there that could attach nicely to a dslr and be thrown over your head. Maybe even made out of dark cloth or nylon?

I was thinking about a hood over the screen as a possibility. Has anyone used one of those?

Apr 3, 2016 10:52:42 #

Tigger1 wrote:

Cataracts are a bitch for sure. Had both my eyes d... (show quote)

Doctor says they have to be a little worse before he can recommend them to be covered under Medicare. Got to get worse before I can get better. lol

Apr 3, 2016 10:50:43 #

I should have had a taller tripod.

Just the same I had trouble seeing the green spot focus point in the viewfinder which allowed me to misfocus along with possible parallax because of the tripod height.

I could not use Live View due to the sunlight in the area.

That was the only position I could use to get the composition that we wanted.

A lower shutter speed and higher f stop may have mitigated the problem.

Just the same most of my problems would have been insignificant if I could have seen the screen to use live view to focus.

Tripod, f stop, shutter speed are all technical failures on my part. Still I need to be able to see the green focus point in the view finder or be able to use the screen to focus with live view.

Any suggestions how to mitigate these problems?

Apr 3, 2016 10:40:45 #

lamiaceae wrote:

I was thinking that too, but since I'm not sure what he was actually focusing on...

Lower shutter speed and higher f stop would have helped.

Apr 3, 2016 10:39:28 #

dooragdragon wrote:

What camera ,lens and settings where you using here ?

Canon T3i, 1/160 sec, f/11, EF-S 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 IS kit lens. The ISO was 125 and the lens was mid range at 30mm.