My mother-in-law has the S6500. She has turned on the "Soft" focus feature and I cannot find in the manual how to reset to normal mode. Help?
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Try pressing the 'SCENE' button twice to get a settings menu. Select the 3rd icon down to select a different focus, ie SO, VI (vivid) which I use
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Hello Martin, Go to your menu and navigate to the number one page. You'll see "Release w/o Lens", change that to enable and you're set! Hope that helps!
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Dear, Yes, I have the same problem. The only way to open & close the lens is with the switch on & off botton. KR
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Thanks but what I'd like to understand is how it can be working perfectly one day, shut off while not in use, then the next time I turn it on, the image on the LCD screen is blurred, I haven't even pressed the shutter release yet, (and wouldn't due to the blurred and dark image). How can that happen? Why is there a need to adjust ISO settings when they haven't been touched?!
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I had the same problem and sent in for warrenty work. Its probally not your imagination, mine was defective and they replaced the auto focus sensor. Now its easy to get crisp photos without vivid mode even. Ive had lots of olympus cameras and this was the first problem Ive ever had. they repaired the next day tehy recieved it and sent it back to me a day later. Im very happy with it now. It should be easy to get a crisp photo with this camera. Hope this helps.
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I have this problem But I don't understand your solution, Bruce. Could you or someone explain it again please? You appear to be saying that if the camera is at something like a standard focal length you can choose both Macro and MF. But you can't - not on mine anyway! In my experience, the camera will not focus below 1ft. The image stays blurred and often the yellow central focus frame will display a question mark. Auto-focus does not work in Macro either - so to all practical purposes the camera has no Macro mode. If someone has a fix for this I'd be very interested.
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I think I have a solution. The way to fix this is to play around with the camera settings. First, set the camera to the 'P' mode on the little wheel that turns. then press menu. Scroll to the right until you come to the 'focus' setting. sroll up to 7.0m, and you shouldn't have that problem anymore. After that's done, scroll over to the REC Mode and make sure its set to 'normal. That should fix it, It was bothering me too ;)
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I've had my s120 since February, I had an old s720 before. The 120 is pretty incredible with it's faster lens, the only thing I have to adjust is that often in Auto mode I'll need a flash to illuminate my subject due to lighting and I'll have to switch over to "SCN" (scene) mode and select portrait, once there I have to pop-up the flash and then set the flash to always flash and not auto. Then it delivers an awesome pic... On a side note, I had to dig down into the settings and set the flash intensity to medium. An extra battery would be handy, I'd also get one of those little tripod to lash to a poll or set on a table. :) I've had my s120 since February, I had an old s720 before. The 120 is pretty incredible with it's faster lens, the only thing I have to adjust is that often in Auto mode I'll need a flash to illuminate my subject due to lighting and I'll have to switch over to "SCN" (scene) mode and select portrait, once there I have to pop-up the flash and then set the flash to always flash and not auto. Then it delivers an awesome pic... On a side note, I had to dig down into the settings and set the flash intensity to medium. An extra battery would be handy, I'd also get one of those little... » Read More I've had my s120 since February, I had an old s720 before. The 120 is pretty incredible with it's faster lens, the only thing I have to adjust is that often in Auto mode I'll need a flash to illuminate my subject due to lighting and I'll have to switch over to "SCN" (scene) mode and select portrait, once there I have to pop-up the flash and then set the flash to always flash and not auto. Then it delivers an awesome pic... On a side note, I had to dig down into the settings and set the flash intensity to medium. An extra battery would be handy, I'd also get one of those little tripod to lash to a poll or set on a table. :) « Show Less
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My Daughter has this Camera and now her auto focus isn't working on it, so she has to manually focus it. I'm wondering if it is the lens or is it the body of the camera. She only has one lens so she hasn't been able to trouble shoot the problem and since she's away at college I'm unable to do anything about it at the moment. Anyone have any ideas?Thanks
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There is a way to focus but it will be a trial and error because the image on the srceen is not very clear. If you still have the owners manual, it gives a step by step on how to do it. I was able to focus mine rather easily. Good luck.
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Hi NJ. difficlut to explain in words. there are youtube videos you can check. . 1. Activate the MF in the body 2. Pull the focal ring of the lens to MF mode. you need to do both.
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I as well have a focus problem, I have to bump the zoom a bit when I first start the camera. Not aware of any solutions and am looking for a warranty fix.
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I have a D40, but process is probably the same. 1. Press "Info" button on top of camera near shutter release. 2. Press the "i" button near bottom left rear of camera (the button with the magnifying glass). 3. Use down arrow to navugate to "S", which is shooting mode. 4. Press OK. 5. Use down arrow to navigate to either of the remote settings. 6. Press OK. Camera is now ready for shooting with remote. I generally use the 2 second delay mode. There is an automatic time limit for using the remote. After the time limit passes, you need to reset for remote shooting. I have a D40, but process is probably the same. 1. Press "Info" button on top of camera near shutter release. 2. Press the "i" button near bottom left rear of camera (the button with the magnifying glass). 3. Use down arrow to navugate to "S", which is shooting mode. 4. Press OK. 5. Use down arrow to navigate to either of the remote settings. 6. Press OK. Camera is now ready for shooting with remote. I generally use the 2 second delay mode. There is an automatic time limit for using the remote. After the time limit passes, you need to reset for remote shooting.
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Maybe try pressing the reset button under the camera. Its a little dot inside the camera so you might need to use a needle to push it. Hope this helps :-)
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It's in the manual but the camera has a setting to override the dof focus etc. In that respect it's not really intuitive.
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I am also VERY frustrated with this. Many of my pictures are coming out blurry despite holding the button half way down to focus before firing. The manual is mute on the subject. I just called Canon and they were basically no help---just said to make sure the flash was up when firing inside. I have the SD card in that it came with. Any other ideas??Thanks!!!!!!
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It just doesnt seem like any of my pictures are focused well and that includes ones taken on a tripod with IS turned off of course. I keep reading and trying everything to no avail. I may contact Olympus and see if something is wrong with the camera. I entered a question about my problems in a forum and the responses were so cruel that I wont ever go back to that forum. There is a review that says the E520 pics can be soft... does that mean out of focus too?