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Old 16-12-2014, 08:32 AM
PeterEde (Peter)
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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post
Was the AF on ?
And were you taking the stars ? In that case the AF will not work as it is too dark. Current generation of cameras cannot autofocus in the dark, so switch off the AF and focus manually using the optical viewfiinder.
AF was off. I was manual focusing using live view. I've used it before. I've taken widefield before without this problem.

I'll put a lens on my 40D tonight and see how that goes
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