BetterPhoto Q&A: Focus Problems (Blur)

Experiencing a digital rebel soft focus problem? How about unwanted blurring? Discuss your focus problems here.

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  Image Sharpness: Equipment or User Problem?
While taking group pictures, I am always having a problem with the picture being out of focus only on the lower left hand side. Any suggestions?...
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February 14, 2007
 
  Taking Pics without Eyeglasses
I just got my first roll of film back, and they are all a little out of focus. I think the problem is with my vision not the camera. I know I read something about an adjustment piece that fits on ...
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March 02, 2005
 
  Blurry Family Picture
I recently took a photo of my family of 18, and it was taken outside. I had it developed and then printed as an 8x10, and it seems to be not as clear as what I thought it should be. Canon G5, tak...
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November 08, 2004
 
  Problems with Unsharp Images
I recently purchased the Canon Digital Rebel. I am somewhat disappointed in this camera. I have read all about the problems everyone has had with underexposure, but I am also having problems with ...
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January 06, 2010
 
  Compact Flash Memory Cards
I shoot digital with the Canon 300 and the Canon Eos 1ds. I have several memory cards, all 512mb and up. Two of my cards are the SanDisk Ultra II, and the others are regular compact flash cards. ...
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July 13, 2004
 
  Blurry Photos with Canon AE-1
I just bought an AE-1 and just had my first roll of film developed. The pictures are sharp at the center focus point but get blurry around the edges all around the center to the outer edge. I am us...
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July 08, 2004
 
  How to Tell How Close I Can Get to Subject
This may sound dumb, but here goes: How do I tell the lens-to-subject minimum focusing distance? Say I am working with a 100mm 2.8, for example ... how close can I get?? Thanks from a beginner....
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May 12, 2004
 
  More on Blurring Backgrounds
I've read all the ways suggested to blur backgrounds, and they applied to film cameras. With a digital camera, I've tried to blur backgrounds by using the "soft" option of the editing softw...
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April 21, 2004
 
  Many of My Pictures Aren't Sharp!
I use a Canon EOS Digital Rebel with a 28 to 80mm AF lens. A lot of my pics are not sharp My ISO/ASA is 400. My shutter speed is 400, aperture 11. What is wrong?...
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April 20, 2004
 
  How to Shoot Action Night Shots?
Hello,I have just bought myself a Cannon G5. This is the first camera I have used. I belong to a bowling club and would like to know how to take good pictures at night. The area is lit with flood l...
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April 12, 2004
 
  Problems with Indoor Action Pictures
I have a Fujifilm Finepix 2600 Zoom. I can't seem to get any decent pictures when at indoor wrestling matches. Bad lighting doesn't help, but whenever there is movement (which is what I'...
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February 10, 2004
 
  Blurry Action Photos
I have a Minolta Maxxum STsi 35mm SLR. When using a 100-300 autofocus lens to take pictures of the athletes at a gymnastics meet (where flash is not permitted), the action/motion pictures come out ...
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January 13, 2004
 
  Blurred Pictures
I recently bought a Canon EOS Rebel Ti. I've taken 2 rolls worth of pictures so far. Every picture was taken with the camera set to the Full Auto mode using the same type of film. Both roles...
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January 14, 2004
 
  Troubles with Shooting a Concert
I have recently shot a concert using a Canon EOS 3000 N camera and a Kodak ultra film. The result was terrible. Because the singer and his band were constantly moving and I wasn't allowed to us...
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September 27, 2003
 
  TLR's
I bought a used Mamiya C3 from eBay to start fooling around with medium format. The first set of shots that I took were completely underexposed, but that was my fault. The next two sets I took we...
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December 08, 2005
 
  SMALL OBJECTS
IT'S POSSIBLE USING A OLIMPUS 700BF TO SNAP FLOWERS, LEAVES, BRANCHES? I DID IT, BUT THE FOCUSING WAS POOR. WHAT CAN I DO? wHICH CAMERA IS THE BEST FOR THIS?wHICH LENSES?...
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October 26, 2002
 
  Canon ELan 7 w/a Tamron 75-300m; 1:4-5:6
Alright...I take pictures for a local high school on Friday night and my pics aren't coming out good at all. This one guy told me that my appeture or something was too small or too big. My came...
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October 16, 2002
 
  Could it be Wal Mart's printing?
I recently took several black and white photos while traveling in Japan. I was using Kodak TMAX 100. I just got them processed and I noticed that many of them are either blurred, grainy or la...
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May 08, 2004
 
  Large Group Photos
I am taking group pictures of anywhere from 12-300 kids. When I take the pictures of the kids with small numbers, 15-60, the images are fine. But when I get into the larger number, the faces of t...
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July 11, 2002
 
  Indoor Basketball Shots
Firstly, a big thank you for your time. I have been taking basketball photos of my 12 year old daughter in an indoor gym and have not been happy with how many shots are out of focus, and most have...
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May 24, 2002