I am having a bear of a time focusing my 90 SA f8 for night photography lit only by streetlights.
Do you have any tips or gear that might make this task easier?
My current game plan is to arrive on location 30min before sundown set up the shot and wait until a proper night sky appears. However this too poses unique problems because it would not be factoring in issues like lens flare or lights in the shot that might need blocking.
Which focusing aid are you using? How do you find focus?
If possible, you can place a point light source at your subject (like an LED flashlight) and focus on that. Or focus on one of the streetlights, if the will work.
I am focusing thought the GG it does have a plastic Fresnel but it is still very dim
Led flashlights and/or green laser pointer and. 90mm 4.5 by nikkor or rodenstock
If you're focused during daytime, you'll be focused when the sun goes down.
Artificial lighting though presents issues you are wisely considering.
This site is pretty good for info--
http://www.thenocturnes.com/
Also check out Andrew Sanderson's book Night Photography which presents challenges and solutions
Have fun!
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
If your doing a landscape focus on any bright light in the distance and that should be infinity.
Stop down if desired, check the focus again.
Open the lens up, re-compose without touching the focus, then stop down again.
That's nice. Are you using a focusing aid (loupe? In-line or reflex viewing hood?)?Originally Posted by RodinalDuchamp
I'm using a loupe and dark cloth only. I do have an inline hood but it is cumbersome.
Well I'm using a wide angle lens. I don't think focusing to infinity will allow everything to be in focus at the foreground
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