Panasonic G85 - Infinity Focus

How to set infinity focus on the panasonic G85.
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[@jellaroo]

Good tip! As an alternative to turning the camera off & on, you can briefly press the lens release button.

[@havinfun4014]

That is a great alternative! Thanks for sharing, Tested and it has the same functionality as turning the camera off, which makes sense because that is the lens disconnect button so it cuts the power off before removing the lens.

[@chris514aroundtheworld1]

great tip, i will try it soon!

[@thedeepofmymind9548]

great tip

[@TrailcamsRCPhotoFlying2000]

Great tip. Does this work on the G95 also ?

[@smoguli]

OMG thank you so much! I tried to take sky pictures and was fighting with the manual focus and this trick works! And I don't even have a G85, I have the Panasonic Lumix ZS200...

[@emanakukursawe6039]

Hi, thank you for this! I also studied the "Owner's Manual for advanced features for DMC-G85", and in chapter "9. Using Menu Functions" (in my pdf version on page 212) it says, when the [MF Guide] is displayed (shows up in the display when you use manual focus. It is the line with the mountain symbol at the left and flower symbol at the right), then there is a small part of the line red (on the left). Where the red ends and the white begins is where there is infinity. So you can just use the manual focus ring, turn it and move the marker on the MF Guide until it is exactly there :-) Tried it last night, and it works!

[@Ricstation]

Great tip mate thank you very much. Great moustache too.

[@edsbloggingcom]

Thx for the quick response. I tried with a special lens. I will with the kit lens. Dark here right now so tomorrow. Let you know

[@bahiaproductions125]

Thanks man! Great info

[@RealLifesJourneyBecomingPinoy]

full support tamsak always and bananas to this awesome host

[@chris514aroundtheworld1]

thanks for the video, very helpful for me!

[@Justin-uc8sc]

Glad to help bud

[@djshyproductions]

great tip! will this work if you are set to C1? i have C1 set to manual photo with my custom settings. If I cycle on and off in C1, will it do infinity focus?

[@AstroLaVista]

That's interesting, I'll have to give this a go! I know there is also a feature called Starlight AF which basically bumps the ISO right up and slows the focus right down which allows 'in theory' accurate auto focus on stars. I'm going to try this next time I'm under the stars, I'll report back if you like.

[@TrailcamsRCPhotoFlying2000]

Excellent tip on the infinity focus after shutting the camera off. Does this work on the G95 also ?

[@BenalRida]

Hi, interesting tip. I just sent mey G85 back and got a FZ2500 and will see if that works there as well. Would be interesting to know why the infinity focus when you look through the viewfinder is not at the little mountain but at the beginning of the red line leading to it. To me it doesn't make any sense.

[@havinfun4014]

I think it might be different with a fixed zoom lens but never know!.... I am curious to know if you do any night timelapse with it, to see what the results will be. bigger sensor on it. drop me a post on your results!

[@killll]

thank you sooooo much.

[@austinrobinson5995]

Is it an Update or an upgraded camera that allows you to do 15 second exposure, or the lens?

[@GrumpyDad]

You have to take it off electronic shutter and go to mechanical.

[@thedeepofmymind9548]

very useful video. only one suggestion. start video with settings ant then results. i've followed your video and im lucky i've watch it till end. other than that, cool

[@cemreozkurt4925]

Thanks for the video. I am curious why don't you use the blue pickings for focusing? so you don't have to turn it on/off.

[@havinfun4014]

If you are referring to "peaking" [custom, page 4, peaking] the blue sparkling dots that surround the in focus objects, This is hard to do when all you have is star light.

[@moeshickenyay]

Tanks.

[@JaySilva88]

Is a 4/3 sensor really the best choice to be taking pictures at the stars?

[@havinfun4014]

Depends... "Best choice" is subjective to each individuals expectations / usage. My videos really just show that you can get some decent results with the Panasonic G85 with astrophotography. Every camera has strengths and weaknesses... You make the best of what you have. Thanks for watching!

[@timmcintyre75]

I know the reply is late but I'd say no any day. I own the g85 with its mft/ 4/3 sensor and I love it, it is just excellent. However any other sensor basically will be better, apsc will be better, full frame will be better. That's not to say mft is bad with low light and stars but the others are objectively better for low light and star photography.

[@smoguli]

It is when it's the camera you happen to have and you'd like to take pictures of the stars.

[@TheEjuiceReviews]

Does this work on Lumix G7?

[@WarmWeatherGuy]

It works on my G7.

[@edsbloggingcom]

How can this be possible? I tried and it didn't work. Which makes sense since the camera is in manual focus so how could it make changes? And yes I tried on distant objects.

[@havinfun4014]

edsblogging. com are you using the g85 and which lens? I've tried it with my kit lens 12-60, 15mm and get the same result. Also did you ensure that the custom setting "lens position resume" is set to off?

[@edsbloggingcom]

Havin'Fun I tried with the kit lens and you are absolutely right. It works! Kind of weird though with a manual switch set to manual focus. But it works.

[@havinfun4014]

edsblogging. com awesome. Yeah apparently on startup the camera resets the lens to infinity focus setting... it is weird. Not in any manual. I have another way to focus if your lens doesn't do this on startup... so at least we can have some options to try in the field. Fyi time lapsing the solar eclipse right now!!

[@edsbloggingcom]

Havin'Fun Have fun with it! I'm curious about the other way!

[@savaspar]

This doesn't work on FZ1000. I found that the red "infinity area" has to do with the zoom. In different zoom lengths (eg. 25mm or 250mm) the same focus point changes from the far right to the far left of the red area. So, I found a trick for this. If you would like to be at 25mm AND focusing at 100% infinity for star photography, move your zoom at exactly 300mm, then manual focus far left (at the mountains of the red line), and then move all way back to 25mm. You will automatically perfectly focusing infinity ∞ which is between red line and white line.

[@havinfun4014]

Nice, thanks for the tip. I wondered about that on a fixed lens camera... Software is a bit different. How were the results? Most importantly the hot pixel stuff... My G85 (depending on ambient temp) can produce a lot.. Much less on my GH5 and of course hot pixels directly related to long exposures...

[@mikenewman6218]

The proper method of setting focus to infinity on an AF lens on any Micro Four Thirds is to press the lens release button once - don't twist the lens or anything. This is part of the M43 standard. I'm afraid your methods are a waste of time.