unseen said:hmmmmmmm a more technical question..
What is beyond infinity? if infinity = never ending, how can u get beyond it?
anyway if you're focusing to infinity, it's just to turn n lock MF at the end where buildings 30m away are sharp. If i dun rem wrong the distance to be considered infinity for panasonic cam is 16 m or 20+m.. not v sure.
Focussing beyond infinity!
Like the lenses of many single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras, the focus on the FZ10 can be set `beyond' infinity! This is actually a `feature', in case the lens has not been manufactured quite correctly. So if you cannot focus that distant hill despite continuous turning of the focus ring anti-clockwise (to focus more distant objects), try turning the focus ring slightly clockwise instead (which brings the focus point closer to the camera).
donchua said:http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim/DMCFZ10/node27.html
Above was extracted from the link.
Read from somewhere last time which I forgotten where that also stated using the above
MF to shoot fireworks.
Just don't know the cam ortientation when the above stated turning the ring anit-cloackwise
and clockwise.
unseen said:heh ok.. anyway fireworks will be about 40 - 50 m above our heads, so it's considered infinity to the camera. to get it sharp, your camera needs to focus at that "infinity" distance. Unfortunately we can't afford to have our camera focusing while the fireworks are going off.. it'll take forever!
The work around is to set it to manual focus, focus on a building at least 30m away. then you'll have the "infinity" focus. For FZ5 users it's to set using the focus button, focus at a far away (at least 30m) building, and then don't focus anymore.
After focus is locked, just aim at the sky and fire away.
student said:I think the choice of words is not correct. There is no necessity to "focus beyond infinity" because anything beyond infinity will be in focus.
Just set your manual focus to infinity and fire off!
If one day you have a chance to do aerial photography, (I have not done it, and have no interest in it!) You can set you camera to the widest aperture to get the fastest speed (aeroplane/helicopter shakes!), point ans shoot.
Learnt this from the writings from the late Galen Rowell. Makes alot of sense to me.
k3nn3th03 said:dun use M very often so dun understand here..
how to LOCKED the focus ??
donchua said:Bro, you wake up so early..
karnage said:Hmm... ya. I've been pondering that question too. I know focus ring can turn & turn then u see where got focus. But how to tell it's at infinity already? Now I know as long as 30m subjects are in focus, it's ok.
donchua said:That why my question here is how to set the FZ20 manual focus to infinity..:think:
donchua said:That why my question here is how to set the FZ20 manual focus to infinity..:think:
kenshinz said:That's constant focusing, meaning it will automatically try to focus as you shift your cam around..very battery draining. If you set Auto, and try to take fireworks, your cam will not have enough time to actually focus on the firework, and the pic will be blur.
JimDavis said:My humble suggestion:
Do not need to worry about manual focus. So how to take fireworks while before it comes out, everything is dark in sky, and when it comes out, it is just that split of second?
Well, switch your f-stop to be of higher value. This will help to DOF. That means, both the subject that is close to you and subject that is far away from you are clear (that is, everything in focus).
Before firework starts, just estimate the distance, try to set the focus on some nearby buildings, take a few test shots (afterall, this is the advantange for having it digital isn't it?), check your image focus, and once it is ok, just wait for the fireworks to come out and shoot to your heart content.
Too bad FZ series of camera do not have bulb mode, else, it will be more interesting...
JimDavis said:My humble suggestion:
Do not need to worry about manual focus. So how to take fireworks while before it comes out, everything is dark in sky, and when it comes out, it is just that split of second?
Well, switch your f-stop to be of higher value. This will help to DOF. That means, both the subject that is close to you and subject that is far away from you are clear (that is, everything in focus).
Before firework starts, just estimate the distance, try to set the focus on some nearby buildings, take a few test shots (afterall, this is the advantange for having it digital isn't it?), check your image focus, and once it is ok, just wait for the fireworks to come out and shoot to your heart content.
Too bad FZ series of camera do not have bulb mode, else, it will be more interesting...