odditys and poss probs with 350D

Combat squirrel · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:43

hey all had this camera for nearly a year, its been great, however recently no matter what camera lens I use (could b just my eyes of course ! lol) when I take a pic it looks in focus and sharp when taking the picture , but once I transfer it to my computer its not sharp at all and is wayyy out of focus, whats going on here then :confused:

AdWright · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:44

Well, you can't really judge sharp focus using the LCD review screen - it's resolution is far too low.

Sounds like camera shake to me - would you like to post an example shot with exif embedded?

Combat squirrel · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:50

give us about a half hour can do yeah

well no its not only when looking at the LCD i dont think anyways, I also took some shots at 1/1000th to remove shutter speed errors and its the same

AdWright · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:55

You could possibly have the wrong focus point selected?

Combat squirrel · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:00

Ok here it is, aweful picture, but its a 1/1600th shutter speed and it -looked- in focus and ok when I was taking the picture, wonder if my eyes are dodgy :eek:

SCM · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:02

The optic adjustment on the viewfinder hasn't been knocked off slightly? As it might be another possibility for a cause of the problem as this might be giving you false sharpness due to being off a tad.

SCM

Combat squirrel · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:02

AdWright said:
You could possibly have the wrong focus point selected?

was manually focusing, dont like auto focus takes ages, but others I KNOW were autofocused and its on default auto focusing and they turned out the same 2 :confused:

Combat squirrel · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:04

SCM said:
The optic adjustment on the viewfinder hasn't been knocked off slightly? As it might be another possibility for a cause of the problem as this might be giving you false sharpness due to being off a tad.

SCM

thinking batman, how would I eeerr correct this ? trial and error until Its focused ? counted 16 clicks as i turned it, somewhere around the middle correct ?

AdWright · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:07

Combat squirrel said:
thinking batman, how would I eeerr correct this ? trial and error until Its focused ? counted 16 clicks as i turned it, somewhere around the middle correct ?

Let autofocus do it's thing on an object near to you. Note the focus point used and trust that the camera has focused properly. Now twiddle the diopter setting until it looks sharp to you too

SCM · 18 Jun 2006 at 13:08

Looking at my 20D the white line on this dial is set in the middle between the + and - markings, which is default normal setting. It might explain the manual focusing issues as you are seeing it slightly off the actual focus due to the dial being wrong.

Auto focus beats me, as only other thing that could be causing the issue is a problem with the lens motors or internal lens in the lens being used.

SCM