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EX1 auto focus completely unresponsive
Hi, Can’t seem to find this problem in any other thread, so maybe my camera is just *broken*, but thought I would query anyway:
The auto focus is completely unresponsive. It’s not that there is a lag, it simply does nothing. “Push” auto focus does nothing as well. In auto focus mode, the focus ring stays static. Is there some Byzantine setting that I can’t seem to find in the manual that would override auto focus in all cases?
Many thanks.
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hmmm, can’t seem to delete post. figured it out. Focus ring needed to be slide forward out of full manual mode. Duh.
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Well I know it’s embarrassing but it’s better for the forum to leave your post up. That way someone else searching through this thread someday will learn from you.
Noah
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Hey Chuck, at least you found it on your own before we barraged you with sarcastic instructions and comments. Never be afraid to ask a dumb question. Instead, be fearful of what happens after we read that dumb question.
Cheers and good luck. That is one very slick little camera.
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While we’re talking about the focus on the EX1, does anyone feel the lens doesn’t have much depth to it. I feel like there isn’t any range. I can’t create an unfocused picture in most cases unless the zoom is completely extended. Perhaps i just need more practice.
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You could open up the iris more in concert with the lens telephoto. In order to control the extra light either use the ND filter and/or increase the shutter speed.
– Don
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Play around with the Macro function. If you have an extreme closeup situation, the macro with throw the background out of focus quite a bit.
Another thing is to get back from your subject.The chips are still only 1/2″ and the lens is a compromise. Sometimes a lens extender will give you a bit more of what you want. Outside of that, it’s a lens kit and a few thousand bucks.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .Ask me how to Market Yourself using Send Out Cards
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