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<blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 825813" data-attributes="member: 47518"><p>Thanks for the heads-up on the fogging issue, BF. You remind me to think back on the situation. It did get cold and damp when I shot the images. I have not considered this issue, only the settings and operating were on my review list. Just before this trial, I set up shooting banks (both menu and custom) on my z8 for future operations (wildlife, Astro). It's pretty complicated and confusing at first. But I thought I had managed to tackle it. After the trial and all the lost focus, I wonder if I did something wrong in the bank settings and operated the shooting without knowing it. I had &quot;focus&quot; set for both the back button and the shutter button (MF). For my first shot, I aimed at a bright star (Sadr?), magnified it, and used the focus ring to pinpoint it, but couldn't get the white dot (confirm focus) steady only making both &gt; and &lt; constantly appear at the same time. Then I pressed BB (make sure &gt; and &lt; still stand) and took a shot (I had 2&quot; delay shooting). After that, I just made sure both &gt; and &lt; stayed put and pressed SB to take the next shot...&nbsp; What happened was that except for the first shot, all the following shots lost focus (stars bloated). I wonder if I need to change back to focusing on BB only (as I do for wildlife) since after the first shot I don't have to focus again, right? Or something else I did wrong?&nbsp; Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="blackstar, post: 825813, member: 47518"] Thanks for the heads-up on the fogging issue, BF. You remind me to think back on the situation. It did get cold and damp when I shot the images. I have not considered this issue, only the settings and operating were on my review list. Just before this trial, I set up shooting banks (both menu and custom) on my z8 for future operations (wildlife, Astro). It's pretty complicated and confusing at first. But I thought I had managed to tackle it. After the trial and all the lost focus, I wonder if I did something wrong in the bank settings and operated the shooting without knowing it. I had "focus" set for both the back button and the shutter button (MF). For my first shot, I aimed at a bright star (Sadr?), magnified it, and used the focus ring to pinpoint it, but couldn't get the white dot (confirm focus) steady only making both > and < constantly appear at the same time. Then I pressed BB (make sure > and < still stand) and took a shot (I had 2" delay shooting). After that, I just made sure both > and < stayed put and pressed SB to take the next shot... What happened was that except for the first shot, all the following shots lost focus (stars bloated). I wonder if I need to change back to focusing on BB only (as I do for wildlife) since after the first shot I don't have to focus again, right? Or something else I did wrong? Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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