I did it!
Kevin and me were discussing TC pin taping. I got home early today, and I decided to give it a try.
Guess what - it works! :clap
And it it only takes a piece of scotch tape, scissors to cut out a tiny rectangle, a pair of tweezers (or something similar) to place it on the left 3 pins, and probably a whooping two minutes of your time.
Once the tape was cut and placed over the pins, I put the lens on, went outside, switched to AF and half-pressed the shutter... It took much longer than usual to bring my subject to focus (few seconds instead of a fraction), but it did finally focused:-). :deal
There was nothing to shoot around at 560mm, so, sorry, no pics yet, but I will give it another shot with the moon tonight :-)
I would compare the whole pin taping thing with the sensor cleaning. First time it's a scare, but once you get the idea it's just a simple trick...:wink
HTH
Guess what - it works! :clap
And it it only takes a piece of scotch tape, scissors to cut out a tiny rectangle, a pair of tweezers (or something similar) to place it on the left 3 pins, and probably a whooping two minutes of your time.
Once the tape was cut and placed over the pins, I put the lens on, went outside, switched to AF and half-pressed the shutter... It took much longer than usual to bring my subject to focus (few seconds instead of a fraction), but it did finally focused:-). :deal
There was nothing to shoot around at 560mm, so, sorry, no pics yet, but I will give it another shot with the moon tonight :-)
I would compare the whole pin taping thing with the sensor cleaning. First time it's a scare, but once you get the idea it's just a simple trick...:wink
HTH
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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I have read that doing so isnt so good for the lens.Can burn out the focus mechanism before its time.
When you think about it,it makes sense cause like you said,it takes longer to AF.
Just my 3 pence worth.
But glad you got it to work
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I'm not gonna keep this tape on. Just wanna give it a try for the moon shot tonight, since it's a bloody hard thing to focus manually while handholding..
Appreciate the concern, though!
That's cool! Thanks for taking the chance for the team!
- Kevin