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Old 02-01-2012, 11:29 AM
tornado33
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Thanks.
I found a way to get very tight focus. I set camera to Jpeg large, iso to 1600 and lens wide open.After connecting camera to laptop I take 1 sec exposure, and open it with Microsoft Office Picture manager, then zoom right in 200% or more. Then I move focus a very small amount and take another pic, then simply click right arrow in MS Picture manager, it advances onto the same zoomed in part of next pic, I can then alternate back and fourth to see what pic has best focus. I keep doing that by trial and error, after a few goes I get stars as small and tight as possible. Theres all sorts of focus managers out there, but I prefer the good old fashioned visual method, simply get the stars as small as possible and youre done.
Scott
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