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Originally Posted by daveyuk
CT, yes I do wear specs and they are of the type that change with the light so what ever I see through the veiw finder always looks darker than when seen on a screen or monitor by then it's to late, if I remove my specs then I haven't got a hope in hell of getting anything in focus!!!!!!
I took some advice from Ian and have started to practice the art of manual focus in my garden and I've reset the viewfinder and had a play last night and will have another go tonight.
For those shots yes I could have moved and taken another angle but I think I'm a little to shutter button happy at the moment!!! And not thinking fully of the whole picture, anyhow the camera was set to auto with auto focus, now on thinking about it I have my camera set up so that all the auto focus sensors are enabled should I reset and just have the centre sensor enabled?
I tend to use either the auto setting with auto focus or I'll go for AV again with auto focus, sometimes I'll go mad and go full manual!!!
Kit details
300D/350D Sigma 28-135, 28-300, 2xTC,Canon 18-55, 75-300 that's about as much as I've got oh yes all lenes are fitted with skylight filters
Shooting modes mainly auto but some AV and rarely TV, full manual mode when I'm feeling brave!!
Any help tips advice to point in the right direction would be most welcome.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my pic's and taking the trouble to comment.
I have created myself a Dioptric focus sheet and have tried it tonight and want to have another go tomorrow and if you Steve or IanC UK can check them over and if ok then anyone who would like copy can e-mail me and I'll gladly pass it on.
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Ah,,, mystery solved then.
Two problems...
(1) Your specs.
I wear reactolite lenses myself so I know exactly what your problem is. You have two choices, you can either adjust the viewfinder so that everything is sharp without specs - your eyes would have to be pretty bad to be outside the adjustment range of the viewfinder - try it, or you can adjust the viewfinder so that everything is sharp WITH specs. You can't have it both ways. If you choose to adjust it for use without specs then when you take your eye away from the viewfinder, you can't see to adjust the camera...I know. The answer I'm afraid is..... specs on top of head - take pics.... specs off top of head - change camera settings.
Damned annoying! I've avoided getting one of those silly lanyards to hang the specs on for fear of looking like Larry Grayson or some prowling @rse bandit. :icon_eek:
Annoying though this is, it still isn't the root cause of your problem because as long as the green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder is lit, your pics will be sharp regardless of whether the viewfinder is blurred to you or not.
(2) Focus LED lights
You've already sussed your real problem - it's all those focus LED's!! Select just one, probably the centre one for most situations, and use it to focus on your main subject. You should see a startling difference in the sharpness of your pics, so I'm hoping to see some results very soon!
