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EP7/late night in suburbs in Monochrome 2 profile

Started Dec 1, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: EP7/late night in suburbs in Monochrome 2 profile

Jeff wrote:

How did you get the focus on the stars? That's something I've always struggled with on mFT.

I focused on the electric wires. Given the distance, I think that was enough to get the stars reasonably in focus? I don't think the stars are completely 100% in focus.

But one thing I can say if I was doing this on the EP7:

- Set the live view boost to ON2 -> this will make dark scenes be bright enough

- Manual focus on the stars.

Note that you can set that setting on a PenF but the live view becomes a slideshow. ON the EP7/EM10MarkIV and higher class cameras the preview still refreshes while slower, reasonably fast.

I'll give it a try to a couple of shots and post back. It's a bit tricky but doable. If you are using a tripod (I was doing these shots hand held) then it's even easier.

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