I recently took videos of a parade in San Diego; most of the telephoto shots are out of focus and did not correct itself until I zoomed out a ways.
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You need to use auto focus if you don't want to manually focus in and out on close ups or long distance shots. It sounds like you zoomed to fast and it couldn't adjust fast enough or you have it set to some weird manual setting. This happened to me that's why I am trying to offer advice.
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Sorry, I haven't had this problem. I think I remember it's best to focus from a normal angle to assure good focus zooming in. I presume you are also careful to center the image on the subject you want sharp. Ther might also be a setting to tell the camera how to handle close up shots. There may be levels orb types if selectivity possible. Depth of field is more critical in telephoto so it doesn't take much to throw it off. Sorry I don't have the camera or manual handy.
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Yes, I had to sell my Canon SD870 only because of that reason. The pictures were beautiful, however. Need a new one with a viewfinder.
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I haven't used the video all that much but seems OK to me. Yes, you can zoom in and out during video recording.
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That has been my experience also. The tripod does not adjust for viewing directly overhead.
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I like this camera, but I haven't been able to get a great motion shot yet. I may be doing something wrong. I am not an expert. The zoom is fantastic.
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The zoom is awesome on this camera it looks great once it focuses,however when something is moving and you're zoomed all the way in it is hard to get a good focused picture.
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There is quite a delay.it does take beautiful pictures and the zoom is fantastic!
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It's a substantial about if your taking pictures of anything with movement, such as kids or pets. It's even worse with the flash on.
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My device too records blurry videos while I am moving and very close to the camera.
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Photo are not so great. But the video could capture some view.... don't expect sharp pic
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I'd be surprised if the camera was to blame. Try R-studio program to recover files if they are irreplaceable.
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Yes, but I set my camera low about 3 feet off the ground to capture those kind of images.
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I'm having this issue, too. Camera seems to get confused and the whole frame becomes blurry rather than focusing on the one object. It takes several attempts to register what I'm trying to do, and then it's too late - opportunity has passed and subject has moved. Time to really study my manual I guess or maybe this is a shortcoming with this camera.
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Thank you for the tip.I like the camera very much, great zoom, it also has facial recognition.If you get it, one little note, make sure the rec, is on when your recording.I believe I hit it too quick when I put the camera on, and it did not register.Yes I did not record a whole chunk that I thought I did.Wish you the best with your camera stuff.
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Thanks for the info Corey! I agree that zooming during recording can get a bit nauseating if done too much/too fast but it is a nice feature to have in certain instances. At least the zoom works before/after like it does on my old 3.2MP Cyber-shot. Thanks for clearing that up.
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That is not correct. You were probably in manual focus, or someone setup some strange focus points. I use this camara for filming hunting, and the focus must change constantly and have never had the issue you decribe. BTW love this camera. Great quality, but cheap enough that I dont feel I need to baby it every minute.
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With a lot of movement in your subject you should use the Sport mode to avoid blurring.