peter_f Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hi all, A fairly basic question, are these two pics in focus? These screenshots are taken at 100% on a JPEG from a Canon 5D. My cable release is playing up and seems to be playing havoc with the autofocus... Best, P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_f Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 and the next picture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_f Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Sorry - I did that before checking the file sizes, they were well over 100KB. Here they are again at an acceptable filesize.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_f Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 and the 2nd<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsox Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 They both look soft to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simus Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Agree with Jim, They are very soft. Did you yous a tripod? or anyway, was the canera steady? Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_darnton1 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 In the second shot, if you focused on the wallpaper in the background, I'd say, yes, it's sharp, because that's where the focus point appears to be. But I bet you didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffOwen Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 There is no EXIF data with either image so unable to get any clues there, but as Michael suggests it looks as if the focus is set for a more distant object than anything in the scene. I suggest that either the AF is not working (switched off?) or that either the lens or the camera mirror have been damaged slightly and are now out of calibration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 They look soft to me, did you provide any post processing sharpening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim craig Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 You say you are using a cable release which would lead me to believe you are on a tripod. Any chance that you are auto focusing and then re-composing, then while still in auto-focus pressing the cable release causing the camera to re-focus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_f Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hi All Thanks for the replies. It was on a tripod, the cable release doesn't seem to lock focus - it just cycles through the focal range. What I was doing was focussing on the camera, then engaging manual focus, then using the cable release to fire the shutter. However, I think what has happened here is I've focussed on the camera, not engaged MF, and then pushed the cable release which has refocused (incorrectly) and fired the shutter. Bummer. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltpmd Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Select an object that "seemed" in focus to you through the view finder, then see what (or if) anything is in focus. It would help if you said, I was aiming at the candle, which appeared in focus. If the camera was searching, it likly means the light was low. I'll bet the aperture was wide open (and you had only a small window for a field). It is possible that a lens is a bit short or long on focus point, but more often than not it's the guy pushing the button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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