Former IMAX Camera Technician - Space Shuttle In Cabin Camera .
Former Mechanical Engineering Design Technologist, Former Toolmaker, Former Aerospace CAD Design Engineer.
Stereo Photography Enthusiast since 1985 or so.
I focused just before the car came around the corner, then reaimed and tracked. I tried to set up manual focus, but I never tried that before.
It is non-intuitive, and I didn't have the Samsung manual with me.
I have to take some photos of my rig. There is a hinge on the mount, with a fine adjustment screw. So yes. I toe in. It means I have to be aware of the background, since it will have excessive deviation. This is a bigger problem with distant objects, birds for example, since distant focus approaches infinity and the background becomes much clearer. In this image there is a concrete garden wall in the background which is only a foot and a half or so behind the subject, but it is conveniently out of focus.
Thanks, Timo. But if you'll entertain another question...If you're only 8 feet away, fully zoomed in, how do you get the subject in both cameras - I would think the lenses would diverge in such a case. That's my experience anyway. Were the cameras toed-in? And also, I do have an S100 SDM rig, the cameras really are very good. Just haven't used it in a while.
500mm is the "equivalent" maximum focal length of the lenses on these cameras. These are surprisingly good lenses, and the image quality of the cameras is excellent, for a P&S.. Used cameras are also quite cheap. The challenge is to keep good alignment at this focal length.