LarsCA
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Aug 19, 2005, 11:21 AM
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Canon XL1s focus question
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OK, don't "kill" me if this question is stupid...
I rented an XL1s this weekend, and had some focusing issues. I haven't operated a professional or semi-professional camera in years, but when I did you could zoom in tight on an object, set the focus manually, and when you zoom out the focus stays on the object (all in manual mode of course). This weekend I tried to do the same with the XL1, but every time I zoomed out the focus went soft.
My question is, is this normal for this camera or was there something wrong with it? (When I operated a studio camera years and years ago, whenever we ran into this problem there was a way to recalibrate the lens so it wouldn't happen again.)
It will be "interesting" to edit the video of the wedding I shot with all these focus issues. By the way, it was my first wedding. I learned a lot - unfortunately I learned it the hard way. I'm friends with the photographer though, so I'll have access to all of his stills. Hopefully the B&G will think this is a stylistic approach, instead of me editing my way out of a nose dive... 
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So many toys, so little time. And no money so it doesn't matter anyway...
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