Troubleshooting
Why isn’t my camera focusing where I want it to?
Your camera divides the frame into different focusing points. Keep things simple by using ‘Single Point’ and position this point in the centre of your frame.
Your camera also has different ‘Auto Focus’ modes. You can either set your focus to track a moving subject – generally called ‘Servo’ or ‘Continuous’ – which is good for sports photography. Or you can set your camera to lock the focus when you press the shutter release halfway down. This is called ‘One Shot’ or ‘Single Shot’. This in conjunction with ‘Single Point’ is the best default set-up. If you don’t want your subject in the middle of your picture, focus on it and then recompose without lifting your finger off the button. ...
Get Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
