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G9 will not hold MF focus in Av mode with screen off, help?

Started Jan 14, 2021 | Questions thread
Boris Starosta
OP Boris Starosta Forum Member • Posts: 53
Re: G9 will not hold MF focus in Av mode with screen off, help?

Hi Reyalp, thanks for the extensive reply.

I am shooting stereo time-lapse with two old (original) powershot G9 cameras, indeed modified with CHDK, and running under something called Stereo Data Maker.  The mods to the the data structure of SD cards (i.e. separate boot partition, etc.) was done by someone else, so I'm leery of doing any "code" myself.

I'm nearing the end of my project, which has been underway for some four years now (3d time-lapse of a major construction project), so I think I'll just put up with the problems I'm now having shooting these dusk scenes, rather than risk bricking the cameras at this late stage!

These cameras have been amazing: (knock on wood) over the past four years of image acquisition, I've actuated the shutters at least a half million times.  And they were already used cameras when I got them in 2016!

Anyway, thanks for your extensive message, though it brought bad news!

Boris

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