wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi
I bought a Canon EOS 1300D which has 2 lenses 75-300mm & 18-55mm.
I've been out & practiced with it for a short time & was getting so annoyed with it. I'm struggling to get the camera to focus even though it was on auto.

Here are a few photo's I've taken which are not the best.

Am I expecting to much too soon?

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

You go girl.

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Practice; evaluate, practice, evaluate repeat, repeat! When shooting through obstructions we can choose to focus manually and winn! Most times the camera just doesn't quite guess what we want. We have to get to know each other and how to finesse what we want.

Dave327 Loc: Duluth, GA. USA

You mean a T6 1300D? I use the same. When you attach a photo check the “save original” box so we can get the XIF data. BUT, I had what looks like the same problem. When shooting wild life change the focus to single focus point. Also, shooting birds in branches will be very hard for auto focus to get on the bird (aim for the eye). I have turned auto focus off and gone to manual. That takes practice - manual on auto focus lenses is touchy. Don’t get frustrated. It takes time to get it right.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you Hal81

That made me smile

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Actually that makes sense. I will continue to practice.

All I can say is it's just as well the shop was closed when I got back otherwise I would of gone to change it as I didn't like the photos until I put them on my laptop lol

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi Dave327

Yes thats the same camera but it has a different model number in the US.

Ah thats how you get the data. I will next time unless I can edit the post?

Did you get the 2 lenses with your camera too? Is the big lense the best to use for wildlife?

I will take your advise thank you :)

Dave327 Loc: Duluth, GA. USA

[quote=wirevix]Hi Dave327
I bought mine refurbished from Canon USA with the EFS 18-55MM IS STM. I have 4 more lenses now - EF 75-300MM IS USM which is my primary for wild life (eBay), as far is goes :). A EFS 17 - 85MM IS USM which is my primary “walk around”. A EF 17-40MM 1:4 L, and A EFS 10-18MM IS STM, which I use primarily for interior shots of completed construction projects. Since I have a mix of EF & EFS I will probably get a full frame eventually, after I master the T6 :)

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

Hi wirevix, yes if you go into single point AF, you (I hope) will just get the focus on your subject and not on the surrounding area.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

[quote=Dave327]

Thank you for explaining that. I will make sure I remember that about the lenses.

Sorry there is another question I should of asked you.

Do you use the view finder or the screen for photographing wildlife?

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi Doddy

I've changed the setting now, so it's already for when I next use it, Thank you

Kuzano

In the case of those pics, "A" for auto mode is your enemy. Autofocus is rough in foliage or other object the focus can lock on. For me, I would have used manual focus and preset the manual focus so it did not rove around. OK, so you can't read the birds mind and figure out where it's going to land. Then the option is to use live view/focus peaking and be fast enough to get the highlights showing the peak of focus on the birds head (the highlights jump out at the focus points you want. Or, another method if you are intent on staying with auto mode is to change to spot focus and one focus point, with the focus point specifically on the birds or birds head.

None of your pictures seem to me to be good subjects for sharp specific sharp focus in one area of the view screen. The clutter (branches and such) take control of your averaging AF modes both center weighted and averaging.

It would be best if you did not turn control of focus over to the camera for those subjects. Work on controlling focus points, with lesser more specific small areas of the screen like spot focus, or focus/hold/and recompose.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you Kuzano for your reply. My husband changed some settings on my camera & it's seems to be working a lot better now. I'm going to post some new photos I've take today.