Hi all
Trying to get my head around the focus problem and whether it is hardware or user inexperience
The majority of my Auto focus footage is out of focus but for a Column about 2/3s to the right of centre . This is both stills and video. It becomes a centre Column of focus when testing with the intelligent flight mode of active track
I have read forums and tried most fixes, MF, recalibrate IMU , gimbal , reset camera settings and more . in AF I often recentre the camera and focus . I do fly around focus shifting seascapes and changing altitude
The PROBLEM I have is that my results are not consistent .
- I sometimes start with great focus footage and then it jumps out of focus for no apparent reason . Sometimes it refocuses, but most of the time not , and recentering may or may not correct it
- I sometimes reset camera mid-flight which has at times resulted in sharp footage after ...but not always
- I have had sharp footage with manual focus at 10m to infinity ...but again not always. I have to check if this is a setting and it’s not focusing after reset and I am Just inexperience. I think the first manual focus was my only complete begin to end focused video . But then next time it was not . I tried Brickwall focus after resets and got video and still focus
- the vast majority and default focus is a out of focus left half, a column of focus in right as my low re pic below shows . I am not sure if this is the same as the bits or soft focus others talk of . This is the usual default focus I have experienced and when it snaps out of focus this is the result i get - always - a narrow colum of focus in all conditions on all footage
My big question is ...
If I have been able focus some stills and some videos , through a combination of factors i can’t always recreate , does it mean that my camera is ok ??
While I would return it i need to use it actively now and expect the Australian return , repair or replace process could take weeks ??
- please could I get input from the experts who know this problem rather than suggestions for good samaritans as there is so much different opinion about this out here . Hoping I can get defined steps to recreate focus or maybe I have said it all above and it can be determined that mine must be replaced ?
Holding out before a return process and hoping that my ability to capture some sharp pics , and video suggests that camera must be ok.... or is this just my lack of knowledge
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Out of focus still
Clear focus can be achieved but I have difficulty consistently recreating it or knowing which combinations get me there . Best result seems to be camera reset mid flight
I am going to test peak focus threshold settings as final test
Please Heeeelp ?!
Trying to get my head around the focus problem and whether it is hardware or user inexperience
The majority of my Auto focus footage is out of focus but for a Column about 2/3s to the right of centre . This is both stills and video. It becomes a centre Column of focus when testing with the intelligent flight mode of active track
I have read forums and tried most fixes, MF, recalibrate IMU , gimbal , reset camera settings and more . in AF I often recentre the camera and focus . I do fly around focus shifting seascapes and changing altitude
The PROBLEM I have is that my results are not consistent .
- I sometimes start with great focus footage and then it jumps out of focus for no apparent reason . Sometimes it refocuses, but most of the time not , and recentering may or may not correct it
- I sometimes reset camera mid-flight which has at times resulted in sharp footage after ...but not always
- I have had sharp footage with manual focus at 10m to infinity ...but again not always. I have to check if this is a setting and it’s not focusing after reset and I am Just inexperience. I think the first manual focus was my only complete begin to end focused video . But then next time it was not . I tried Brickwall focus after resets and got video and still focus
- the vast majority and default focus is a out of focus left half, a column of focus in right as my low re pic below shows . I am not sure if this is the same as the bits or soft focus others talk of . This is the usual default focus I have experienced and when it snaps out of focus this is the result i get - always - a narrow colum of focus in all conditions on all footage
My big question is ...
If I have been able focus some stills and some videos , through a combination of factors i can’t always recreate , does it mean that my camera is ok ??
While I would return it i need to use it actively now and expect the Australian return , repair or replace process could take weeks ??
- please could I get input from the experts who know this problem rather than suggestions for good samaritans as there is so much different opinion about this out here . Hoping I can get defined steps to recreate focus or maybe I have said it all above and it can be determined that mine must be replaced ?
Holding out before a return process and hoping that my ability to capture some sharp pics , and video suggests that camera must be ok.... or is this just my lack of knowledge
—-
Out of focus still
Clear focus can be achieved but I have difficulty consistently recreating it or knowing which combinations get me there . Best result seems to be camera reset mid flight
I am going to test peak focus threshold settings as final test
Please Heeeelp ?!
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