Sunrise focusing prob

[GeorgeFirth]

Ive been going out nice and early for the past few days to capture the sunrise, which in all honesty is all new to me.

So, i get there, set up my tripod and flick the LCD light on because it's impossible to see otherwise! I try to autofocus onto the bushes and fields in front of me, then the sy, and again no luck, so i try manual focusing, but when i look through the view finder it's too dark for me to know whats focused and whats not :bang:

What do you do to tackle this problem? Or have you all got live view, in which dont reply because you will make me feel insignificant and poor

Thanks

 

[daftbugga]

O.

 

[HuntingMartians]

If you want to focus on something that clos and there is next to no light then why not try a torch?

 

[Ballgirl]

I'd try just setting the lens to infinity rather than focusing on specific point.

if you do want a specific feature in focus does your camera have a focus indicator (green dot) in the viewfinder?

 

[GeorgeFirth]

Torch it is, thanks lads...now were did i leave that torch...?

 

[donut]

I'd try just setting the lens to infinity rather than focusing on specific point.

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id go along with sue's reply ,,,,if you went out to catch the sunrise ,,,,i think the sun is a bit further away than the bushes