What focus screen are you using?
Dan
I think its fine, just getting the right screen I think.
It will go just a bit past infinity in focus, after reaching it, I can
still go a little more noticing the focus screen split image shift.
Common for Tamrons?
Just took some pictures but maybe I need to get use to it because it
sure is sweet and handy lens.
Seems that the lens is critical it focus much like a macro that can
cause everything around it to be out of focus quickly.
That must be how it achieves that out of focus look around a portrait so
well?
Dan
In a message dated 5/30/2003 3:17:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I borrowed a 180/2.5 that wouldn't reach infinity. Perhaps it's a
common problem with the lenses?
Skip
I'll chime in. It's my 180 that Skip borrowed and found unable to focus
to infinity. After Skip alerted me to the problem, I sent it off to
Tamron, who said the focusing helicoid had been damaged and needed to be
replaced. I had it done (it did cost a few), but the lens works fine
now. I never really checked infinity focus on it before because I use
it more as a long macro lens.
So maybe it is a problem unique to this lens. Its worth fixing, though.
Takes great images.
Best,
Greg L.
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