How To Set Focus To Infinity Nikon D3500
02-fifteen-2020,12:17 AM #1
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How to lock focus on D3500?
Say I utilise MF or AF to focus a subject and I desire to lock focus ring to that distance. Is there a elementary way to lock focus from that point? (AE-L/AF-Fifty is way too much for me to use, specially the button need to exist pressed all the fourth dimension. I need free fingers all the time later focus locked
I wonder if I use MF to focus on a certain distance and and then move the camera to other position, bending, or rotate, etc without touching the focus ring and zoom, what chance is that I would lose the previous focusing point?
Appreciate all the answers and helps.
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02-15-2020,12:52 AM #2
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
The D3500 does not work well with transmission focus lenses (no metering), and will not autofocus with any AF lens with an aperture ring and will not autofocus with any traditional AF or AF-D lens with spiral-type autofocus.
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02-fifteen-2020,01:32 AM #iii
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
Thanks for replying, Brent.Simply ??? All I have are AF-P xviii-55mm and AF-P 70-300mm kit lenses. Using them, MF and AF work fine. The situation I want to lock focus is when done with hyperfocal altitude... I want to keep focusing betoken at HF distance. Any uncomplicated way except AE-L/AF-L or "taping" thing?
02-fifteen-2020,10:56 AM #iv
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
Looking at the D3500 manual I don't see an AF/MF switch on the camera body. Y'all could focus, then switch the AF/MF button on the lens to MF and don't touch the MF ring. It looks similar the AF-P 70-300mm has that option but non the 18-55mm. Another fashion would be to use dorsum button focus with shutter button focus disabled.
02-15-2020,12:57 PM #five
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
As Andy said you should give this a try. Myself I would not become dorsum to shutter focus.Another way would be to use dorsum button focus with shutter button focus disabled.
Last edited by Needa; 02-15-2020 at 01:00 PM.
02-15-2020,05:30 PM #6
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
I don't recall dorsum button focus will work right on the d3500. Yep y'all tin set the back button to perform focus, but there is no release priority setting on the photographic camera for af-due south or af-c. Then you can focus with the back button, but will not be able to release the shutter if you recompose and the camera no longer sees focus under the focus point. I can't examination this, but that's how it reads to me, aforementioned every bit my old d3100.
I must accept a really good camera.
02-fifteen-2020,05:47 PM #vii
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
A quick await at a d3400 video seems to betoken it will work and concur focus lock. Maybe @blackstar can give it a attempt and let us know.
02-15-2020,06:11 PM #8
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
It would be nice if Nikon did brand that work. My d3100 won't burn down if if I recompose with bbf. On the d7000 I had to of class set carte a1 to release priority. Starting with the d7100 or d7200 they snuck something in to force release priority regardless of a1 when y'all set the back button to af-on. So they could have definitely fixed the d3000 series to brand bbf work correct.
Originally Posted past Needa
A quick look at a d3400 video seems to indicate information technology will work and agree focus lock. Perchance @blackstar can requite information technology a endeavor and let united states of america know.
02-xv-2020,08:47 PM #ix
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
First, I was totally confused most the AF/MF button on the lenses because I couldn't find any such push button on my lenses. Second, I had no thought about the "back button" either. So I dived into the net info world and came up with this: the back push button on D3500 is actually the AE-50/AF-L button. And then I set it to "AF-on" and play a little. If I use viewfinder, it seemed work well that I can turn to focus an object by pressing the B button and release the button, turn my camera away from the object and movement dorsum to the object and information technology's nevertheless on focus. If I use alive view, not sure the focus is locked after releasing the B button though. Any comment or correction on my play? Thanks
02-fifteen-2020,08:59 PM #10
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Re: How to lock focus on D3500?
@nickt, I tried using the B push on my D3500 and it worked with using shutter button to take a picture. But not certain if I have to proceed pressing the B button (to maintain focusing) when pressing the shutter?
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