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Hi guys!
At first, english isn´t my native language, so sorry if talk nonsense
I´m a rookie and I´m interested into astro and landscape photography.
I use a Canon EOS 500D from 2009 and I´m pretty ok with the overall results.
My lens of choice for astro and landscape is the Samyang 14mm f2.8 ED AS IF UMC (without AE chip).
The problem is (seems usual for this lens) I cannot reach infinity focus.
I read a lot about uncalibrated copys of it, when the infinity point is not where it should be - for example, when it´s at the distance 3 mark.
I wouldn´t care about it.
My problem is, I cannot reach infinitiy at all.
I took a lot of test shots with f2.8 at every distance on the focus ring (in 1mm steps) and there is no chance to catch the "sweet spot" where I reach infinity.
I get sharp images at close distance to roughly 15-20 meters, but everything further than that is blurry.
So, every video I found was just how to calibrate the focus ring to get infinitiy at the right mark.
But I didn´t found a video how to calibrate it when you´re not able to reach infinitiy at all.
I´m a little bit afraid just to try it out with the calibration, because I´m not of great talent with such things ^^
Any suggestions?
Thanks and best regards
cas
At first, english isn´t my native language, so sorry if talk nonsense
I´m a rookie and I´m interested into astro and landscape photography.
I use a Canon EOS 500D from 2009 and I´m pretty ok with the overall results.
My lens of choice for astro and landscape is the Samyang 14mm f2.8 ED AS IF UMC (without AE chip).
The problem is (seems usual for this lens) I cannot reach infinity focus.
I read a lot about uncalibrated copys of it, when the infinity point is not where it should be - for example, when it´s at the distance 3 mark.
I wouldn´t care about it.
My problem is, I cannot reach infinitiy at all.
I took a lot of test shots with f2.8 at every distance on the focus ring (in 1mm steps) and there is no chance to catch the "sweet spot" where I reach infinity.
I get sharp images at close distance to roughly 15-20 meters, but everything further than that is blurry.
So, every video I found was just how to calibrate the focus ring to get infinitiy at the right mark.
But I didn´t found a video how to calibrate it when you´re not able to reach infinitiy at all.
I´m a little bit afraid just to try it out with the calibration, because I´m not of great talent with such things ^^
Any suggestions?
Thanks and best regards
cas