Nikonman44

Two quick ones. check the side of the lens and be sure you did not accidentally move the slide from auto focus to manual. Thats the biggie.

Next be sure the contacts on lens and in body are clean, you mentioned it had not been used for some time. They do gather contaminants.

My initial response would be two possibles, The camera (Its a canon) or operator error.

Being the Nikon man I wanted to do that but the first answer is sincere.

hope you report back with what you discovered as the real culprit.

cthahn

Have you ever read your manual? Have you ever taken any classes on the basics of photography? The photographer takes the picture, not the camera. If you want to be a photographer, there is more to it than buying a new camera and pushing a button.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Kindly and gently... You need to take that time to Read The *Fine* Manual, and some good primers on digital photography. It may take six readings and 10,000 test exposures to understand, completely, what your camera is doing, if you previously have never used a fully adjustable camera.

Trust me... It’s just paying your dues... the price of admission to advanced photography.

AlfredU Loc: Mooresville, NC

At the risk of be accused or being ins native or snarky, I have to agree with you. The OP needs to put in a little effort.

BJW

When i look close up to various regions in the image, I don’t see any part that is in better focus than any other part. So, my guess is the same as the others: your AF button(s) either on your lens, on the camera body, or in the menu was/were not activated.if they were, the Rebel T6 would give pretty decent shots. Try again in time for Thanksgiving. You won’t be disappointed.

leftj Loc: Texas

Since you had it on the green auto setting I suspect at a Halloween party the lighting was not the best. Your camera on auto likely used a shutter speed that was to slow which lead to the blurry pictures.

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

This is an 83 year old woman trying to do something with which she is unfamiliar. She reached out respectfully to see if folks who know a bit more about photography could help her. And many graciously did. But then this is the arrogant, self-righteous response she received from you. Maybe she could have done more homework, but so what? Is that any reason to treat her so shamefully? Jerk. PS - the correct phrase is "hare brained", like the rabbit. But of course, you knew that.

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

Brilliant response! Obviously you forgot to take your meds.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Besides other issues it is well known that the majority of AF problems are operator's problems.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

Have you ever listed to your mother when she said "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all?"

Zooman 1

When everything is out of focus I would look at shutter speed and camera movement. What lens were you using?

leftj Loc: Texas

I always listed to my Mother.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

The FIRST SENTENCE was not insensitive in the least. It's simply facing reality. It's, at most, tough love. The rest? See below.

CAMERAS don't make photographs. People do. The camera is just a tool, and you have to "tell it" what to do, or "guide it" to the desired results. The very most important part of any camera is about six inches behind the viewfinder.

Reading advanced camera manuals is not fun, but it is required reading. The manual to my Panasonic Lumix GH4 is 420 pages, plus about another 50 pages of updates for all the firmware changes they've made since the manual was printed. Every page was worth reading, if only for context.

The manuals to all the Canons I used at work a while back (EOS 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 5D, 7D) are still on my hard drive. I read every one of them, as I had to test, document, and train others to use them. It was all worth it, even suffering through the badly translated English. You get to understand their syntax after the first one, and it isn't so bad...

One thing happens after you've learned one advanced camera: You can pick up another one and figure out how to use most of it. You need to read the manual to understand what the new or different features do, but you can skip over all the things that remain the same as they worked on your last camera.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Can't select that, when using the "super auto/point n shoot/A+" mode. When set to that primary mode, the camera forces using AI Focus and All Points/Auto Selection. It also forces other things, such as saving JPEGs.

The examples are so badly out of focus, my guess is that AF was turned off on the lens.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Were you giving her excuses for coming in late, charging her for washing her car, or leaning toward her?

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