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Hi. I'm a newbie. My camera might be back focusing
No, you have your terminology wrong.
"Back focusing" is when you're taking a closeup shot of the model's bare ass, stuck way up high in the air.  Jul 05 08 10:45 pm Link  Pat cracks me up!Jul 05 08 10:45 pm Link Come on Pat...messin' with newbs is just too damned easy... Jul 05 08 10:46 pm Link Through Garys Eyes wrote: Like pulling wings off drunken flies. Jul 05 08 10:46 pm Link David Simpson Images wrote: Yes. The leaves look sharper than the model. Jul 05 08 10:47 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Yes, that means you focused on the "leaves". Jul 05 08 10:49 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Your camera is broken. Go to the drugstore and get one of those cameras that looks like a box. They're great for shooting models. That's what I use. Jul 05 08 10:50 pm Link Use manual for all parts of the shoot focus shutter and apature learn how to make the exposure before you trust the camera Jul 05 08 10:51 pm Link Creative Works LLC wrote: Well I didn't get the camera at a drugstore. I don't want the models to think I'm an amateur. I bought the camera on sale at Target in the Photo department. The sales person told me it was a good camera. Jul 05 08 10:53 pm Link David Simpson Images wrote: Thanks. I did shoot manual for these shots. At least I think it was manual. It definitely was not auto mode. Jul 05 08 10:54 pm Link Back focus in video is when you zoom in and focus and pull out to set a shot and the fucus goes out. There is an adjustment ring for it to Set the back focus. Jul 05 08 10:54 pm Link I don't know what zone the camera used. I didn't change anything. I just point the camera at the model and press the little round button. weird thats all i do too Jul 05 08 11:00 pm Link Ralph Livingston wrote: while on assignment in iraq, i frequently had back focus issues while in the demilitarized zones. check your WB settings as well. the button will look like this.
Jul 05 08 11:01 pm Link KGToops Photography wrote: and the secret is out! Jul 05 08 11:02 pm Link moonshots wrote: Oh Man...
Jul 05 08 11:21 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Dude! If you bought it at Target it's probably been returned a dozen times. If you take yours back they're just put it back on the shelf and sell it to the next sucker.
Jul 05 08 11:31 pm Link Ralph Livingston wrote: They're using Hummer H2's in Iraq now? Boy, talk about budget cuts! Jul 05 08 11:35 pm Link A photographer at my studio was having this problem - the camera was focusing on a plane behind the subject that it indicated it was focusing on.
If your lens has an internal motor, it might be the lens. If you've dropped your camera, the mount might be broken which is throwing everything off-kilter. If your lens does not have an internal motor, it might be the camera. Check the lens first. Edit: Actually, first learn how to autofocus lock (AF-L, AE-L); it might be that your focus point was refocusing when you moved the camera. Edit: Actually, just read your manual. Especially the part about focusing. Jul 05 08 11:39 pm Link DFO wrote: yes. do that first. barring any problems with the lens motor, next check for planes. Jul 05 08 11:40 pm Link Creative Works LLC wrote: I'm sure the camera was new. It came in a new box and everything looked new. Jul 05 08 11:42 pm Link DFO wrote: The lens definitely does not have an internal motor but I may have damaged the camera when I sat on it by accident. Jul 05 08 11:43 pm Link i need to go over this thread. i am having some of the same problems with my color work. Jul 05 08 11:45 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: I did that once. Don't you hate it when that happens? Jul 05 08 11:46 pm Link Until you figure out the problem, switch to manual focus. Manual works better for me anyway. Jul 05 08 11:47 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Are you sure it doesn't have an internal motor? You can check off-camera by turning it on and holding it up to your ear. Jul 05 08 11:49 pm Link jolie chanson wrote: You bought your camera at Target too? Jul 05 08 11:49 pm Link Dude your lens is on backwards ( Turn it around and then you can front focus)
And don't forget to say "Mother May I" and sometimes a few Hail Mary's for good measure. Jul 05 08 11:50 pm Link This has to be a joke Did you check his web site the images are beautiful. Jul 05 08 11:53 pm Link jolie chanson wrote: Finally! Someone who shares my pain. Jul 05 08 11:56 pm Link Thomas Watkin wrote: I don't know how to do that. Is there a thingee for that? Jul 05 08 11:57 pm Link Kevin Russo wrote: I assure you the images on this thread are real and I shot them. Jul 05 08 11:58 pm Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Hey, We all go through this sometime. Better starting out than having to find out years into this. I'n sure the answer will avail itself soon.
Jul 05 08 11:59 pm Link Thingee -- finger or any other appendage is long enough to reach. Jul 06 08 12:00 am Link Kevin Russo wrote: I was wondering when someone was going to actually look at his images.
Jul 06 08 12:01 am Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: I meant, I thought you were pulling our legs, How can you make such wonderful images and not know how to focus a camera.
Jul 06 08 12:03 am Link Kevin Russo wrote: I have no way of focusing. I just found the link to the camera from Target. Maybe this will help with my adjustments. I don't see anything for tripod, aperture, motor, or f-anything. Jul 06 08 12:10 am Link We haven't addressed the chromatic aberration issue yet.
I heard there might be a hack for mounting a Spyder calibrator on the front of the lens to calibrate the lens/camera combination. Jul 06 08 12:12 am Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: You should have bought the one in the plastic case. Those you can get wet. Jul 06 08 12:14 am Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Great camera. I just bought 10 as spares. you musta had a bad one. Happens sometimes! Jul 06 08 12:15 am Link PYPI COMMERCIAL wrote: Oh dude! That's a GREAT camera. You just have to learn how to use it right. Jul 06 08 12:17 am Link |
