#1042 Can only focus in one direction EOS 5DIII

[Hans Vonsild]

Hello,

I have problems with my EOS 5D III, and remote focusing.

I can only set focus in one direction, and that is  "Near 1", "Near 2", "Near 3".

When I try "Far 1", "Far 2", "Far 3" I get an "unspecified error"

set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=0    ( OK )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=1       ( OK )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=2       ( OK )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=3       ( OK )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=4       ( Error )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=5       ( Error )
set-config /main/actions/manuelfocusdrive=6       ( Error )

It's the same problem when using Entangle and Darktable for tethering.

What could be the cause ?

EOS 5D III
Opensuse 15.1
Gphoto2 2.5.24

Regards
Hans

[Marcus Meissner]

can you get a debugging logfile of the errors?

[Hans Vonsild]

I ran this command to get the logfile, but then discovered that the log file was in danish.

   gphoto2 --shell --debug --debug-logfile=DA-my-logfile.txt

So I added "env LANG=C" to the command :

   env LANG=C gphoto2 --shell --debug --debug-logfile=EN-my-logfile.txt

,and the "manualfocusdrive" errors disappeared :-) , so it seems that the problem is that I should run gphoto2 with the prefix,  env LANG=C ?

But how do I run Entangle and Darktable, which uses Gphoto2, and keep Danish in the GUI ?

I have attached both the danish and the english logfiles.