Bali Bugs

[Gaz]

I’m going to bug you with my Bali trip.

Everything will be hand held. These tiny things. I can’t seem to get an autofocus in closer and I seem to be spinning the focus ring back and forth across the right point.

Should I increase aperture?

• ILCE-7M4
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 5000

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• ILCE-7M4
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Should be no reason why you can't get focus on that mate. Try around f10. Centre focus area. AF-C should still be fine, but sometimes I will flick over to AF-S if it's struggling a bit. As soon as you see it grab the focus point you need to take the shot, I find with macro insects it will focus on and off by the half second or so, so you have to just hit the trigger right on that instance.

Is there a switch on that lens for focus distance at all? All of my macro stuff is handheld as I only shoot live animals, I can basically always get it to focus at minimum focus distance.

 

[Gaz]

Should be no reason why you can't get focus on that mate. Try around f10. Centre focus area. AF-C should still be fine, but sometimes I will flick over to AF-S if it's struggling a bit. As soon as you see it grab the focus point you need to take the shot, I find with macro insects it will focus on and off by the half second or so, so you have to just hit the trigger right on that instance.

Is there a switch on that lens for focus distance at all? All of my macro stuff is handheld as I only shoot live animals, I can basically always get it to focus at minimum focus distance.

I think you solved the problem. It appears that I’ve had it set to 0.5m + all day. Little wonder. It has to be the house whisky. This would never have happened at home!!!

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Aberlour would definitely not screw with your brain like that...

 

[Gaz]

A little better. Bigger dragonfly, but 3m away. See if I can get one in flight on the A7iv!

• ILCE-7M4
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/3.2
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 125