Focusing through windscreen

[GlynRDav]

Has anyone got an idea how to do this? I couldn't jump out the car to photo a lion a few metres away!
I was using an Alpha1 with 70-200 GM

TIA

Glyn

 

[GlynRDav]

Thanks Tim, any tips, do you take the hood off, or try to get very close to the windscreen, etc?

 

[GlynRDav]

Thanks

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

If the portion of the windscreen or side windows through which you are shooting are parallel to your lens/camera focal plane your image should be ok, outside of dust/dirt on the window as referenced above...... if you are near the curved edges of the windscreen and/or shooting at an angle to the plane of the window, will tend to cause the light to refract and create blurring/out of focus effects .

 

[MeowZzz]

If it gets too hard, and you have enough time and a spare hand, you can switch to DMF and focus with manual override.
Possibly using the magnifier as well.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Disclaimer: Not a Sony image

 

[Gaz]

I’ve had no success through the windscreen but I do wind the window down from time to time.