Got a 400D

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Hey all,

So I got a 400D today with a sigma 70-300mm lens. It's ******* awesome :D Although, it didn't feel nice handing over £570 of cash that was in my hand.

Soo anyway here it is (crappy pic):

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Well anyway, i've got a question: I or err someone :P managed to 'accidently' force the manual focus wheel on my sigma. Now, im not too sure, but it seems to focus okay in my dark room but when I try to focus it at something a lot closer it seems to judder and 'try' to focus/rotate the wheel but it doesn't move an awful lot - have I broken it? :eek: :o

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after saying that, I just went and moved it trying to take the hood off the end of it :rolleyes:

Oh and, do I have to move the focus thing right back or should it do it itself even in AF mode?

Cheers.
 
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I'm not sure what you mean but the Sigma does hunt around a lot trying to get a focus esp in low light conditions and also the minimum focus is something like a metre hth
 
Tonks said:
I'm not sure what you mean but the Sigma does hunt around a lot trying to get a focus esp in low light conditions and also the minimum focus is something like a metre hth
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aye I see what you mean, its probabaly just me. It seems to go back and forth about 1/2 a CM looking like its jammed... but then again its okay with longer distanced objects.

cheers
 
[SpItFiRe-Ace] said:
aye I see what you mean, its probabaly just me. It seems to go back and forth about 1/2 a CM looking like its jammed... but then again its okay with longer distanced objects.

cheers
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It's because your trying to focus too close, the lens will have a limit of how close it can focus to a subject.
 
The object is probably too close for the lens to focus. How close was the object to the camera?
I always use manual focus for close ups / macro work.
 
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