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Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep
Thanks Al, Thanks Joshman!
What i did was i had the camera set up on tripod with remote release, ISO 100 @ f/16. The storm was quite dark, and i had to judge what the focus was, i know the Canon 18-55mm lens doesn't focus on infinity according to the stop, it actually goes through focus, so i have to tweak it back slightly, and thats the tricky part! How do you focus lock with DSLR??
I'll have a squiz at the manual tonight.....
The problem with "pre-focussing" is that when theres lightning the camera can see contrast, but when its dark it can't. What ends up happening is that the camera will try to re-focus if in Auto mode before snapping the shot, and it won't take the pic when its trying to focus in the dark.....
My exposures were 30 seconds, i just set it up on manual 30" and let it rip!
Cheers!
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I'm sure you'll have a way to lock focus. It will be in your manual (but it's probably different to my Oly
).
My camera also goes past infinity focus at some focal lengths and with some lenses, but my wide zoom is pretty good at it's widest
so I might be lucky that way, but I also have livewiew, so manual focussing on a tripod is no prob
.
Al.