Last Newbie Question from me, I swear...

[Ruby Gold]

I promise this is the last question--sorry to be an annoying newbie, but you guys have been so incredibly helpful on this new adventure with my new 100b.

It still looks to me like the wider shots are slightly out of focus when compared with the tighter shots. Again--I'm manually focusing--zooming in all the way, focusing and then zooming back out, and sometimes back in again, depending on how I'm framing the shot.

The attached screen shot shows two moments in the same clip, with the same settings, one's just more zoomed out than the other, but it looks slightly out of focus in comparison. All weigh-ins on whether it looks out of focus compared with the tighter shot greatly appreciated. If I'm not focusing correctly, or it's actually going out of focus on the wider shots for some reason, I gotta figure out how to deal with that.

thanks again for your patience and generosity-
Ruby

 

[ian lucero]

I can't tell that well from the screenshots. But if I understand correctly you are <i>manually</i> focusing the dvxB before zooming out or in? Looks like you have enough light that you could keep the camera in Auto Focus and just worry about smooth zooms in/out. My dvxA does an excellent job at Auto Focus in way less light that what is pictured in your screenshots. I can only imagine the dvxB doing the same if not better job at Auto Focusing.

Also you could try turning on the EVF DTL (Peaking) to help assist in your manual focusing. If this still gets so so results, consider bringing a higher resolution montior to view the image.

 

[Barry_Green]

I can't tell from that shot either, you'd have to post full-frame shots.

But just try this: zoom in, focus, zoom out. If it looks out of focus on your monitor, try adjusting the focus a bit. If you're able to make it look sharper when it's in wide-angle, then yes you have an issue.

I'd suggest downloading the free trial copy of DV Rack for this test (www.seriousmagic.com) because you can put it in full-frame mode and get pixel-for-pixel accuracy on focusing; in fact you can put it in zoomed mode and really really get an idea of whether you're getting pinpoint focus or not.