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stamper

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« on: February 08, 2010, 04:39:20 am »

I recently bought a four stop ND filter. When it is placed in front of the lens everything appears darker as I expected. My question is would it be better to use manual focus or would autofocus be adequate? TIA

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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 04:48:42 am »

Quote from: stamper
I recently bought a four stop ND filter. When it is placed in front of the lens everything appears darker as I expected. My question is would it be better to use manual focus or would autofocus be adequate? TIA


I would approach it by focusing first either manual or auto and then put on the filter.  Experiment!

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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2010, 01:15:19 pm »

Quote from: stamper
I recently bought a four stop ND filter. When it is placed in front of the lens everything appears darker as I expected. My question is would it be better to use manual focus or would autofocus be adequate? TIA

If you have live view, you can focus that way without a dark image.
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 03:34:13 am »

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If you have live view, you can focus that way without a dark image.
Dave

Thanks for that idea. I hadn't considered that because on the d300 you can't use live view and the timer. I will try it without the timer because now I have a remote release.
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