blackest Loc: Ireland

you'd be as well of with some bluetack and a fresnel lens (or maybe a magnifying glass). Or use glasses , still less in the way than something like this.

ediesaul

Thanks for your reply.

ediesaul

Thanks! Never heard/saw such a device. Will look into it.

uhaas2009

I'm shooting for a companie and we use the nikon D90 and later on we changed to something newer. After month later someone gave me the D90 again and after the first pics I took I zoomed in 100%, could not see if my pics was sharp......Know the bad thing on Focusing, we push a button and the focus should be correct what isn't allaway the case. It does matter what length of lens you use, Time aperture, ISO, camera shake, movement of the subject, Focus point.....Some cameras and or lenses have problems with black or white, just try on a black monitor.....Focusing is a learning process.....My first DSLR I hated the autofocus vs. my old manual camera- split screen focus manuel. I had to learn focusing and this was frustrating....

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

Every post up until now has been pure speculation because you have not given us any basic information that is required to determine if you have a camera problem or user problem. What brand and model camera body are you using? Does your camera have autofocus and do you use it? What lens or lenses do you use and are they autofocus or manual models. If they are autofocus lenses, are you sure that autofocus is enabled? Have you calibrated the autofocus to your camera body for each lens. Do you use the histogram to verify your exposure.

Once you answer all those questions, we will be able to troubleshoot your problem rather than take wild guesses.

ediesaul

Thanks for your insights.

ediesaul

I use a SONY RX 10.
I don't understand what you mean by auto focus. I adjusted the diopter. I can press the shutter button half-way to focus before pressing it all the way to snap the picture. I don't use other lenses besides what came with the camera.

Thanks for asking and I hope this answer provides further insight.

Brokenland

ediesaul

Follow up. As I said above, the larger tablet tethered to the camera with the Camera utility allows the tablet to used as your view screen. With this, it utilizes the same touch screen options as the smaller camera view screen. when the camera is set to auto focus the camera will zoom in and out and locate something to focus on. When pressing or depressing the shutter release button, you should hear a beep and see the green (or color) squares on the screen often this could mean there are multiple squares on the screen which allows you to select which ever subject you want to focus on. In the case of my black & white bottle pictures..

https://bokehen.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/imageedit_3_9373823121.jpg

The camera/lens didn't want to auto focus on what I wanted it to. I simply tap/touched the screen and a green square/rectangle appeared. I selected a focal point as close as I could to the bottle's end. I can touch anywhere (on the small view screen or on the tablet) to pinpoint what it is I wanted the camera to auto focus on. So even if the camera is step to auto focus, tap the screen on something you want the camera to focus on.

The only draw back to this is there is a slight lag or delay of communications between the camera and tablet. All this does is forces me to slow down when taking pictures.

ediesaul

Thanks so much for this detailed reply!

Brokenland

Yw dear.

let us know what works best for you. Cradle the camera with your left hand between the camera body and lens. When the camera is set to auto focus, you don't have to touch the focus ring on the lens. While your hand is cradling the camera/lens, hold the camera as a comfortable distance while viewing the screen. Touch anywhere on the view screen to activate the auto focus square. Touch somewhere else if the square appears in a location on the view screen that doesn't suit your image. I'd say on my bottle image, I had to touch the screen 6 times in order to force the camera/lens to focus on the end of the bottle. This would be easier if I had a tripod.

ediesaul

Thanks so much!

User ID

I find I get much closer, more critical
playback inspection in the EVF rather
than the rear panel. Try it.

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