Can you focus on a single item, make it sharp, and make other items less sharp (a bit blurred)? If so, how do you tell it which item to focus on?
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Hi Allison, yes you can. Set the camera to either one of these settings, Aperture priority or Manual mode and set the aperture to the highest f stop (lowest number), also change the focus area to flexible spot to enable you to choose which area to focus on. Thanks_Mitch
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Thank you for contacting us. You should be able to through your settings (menu).
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Yes you can, but it depends on the lens you're using. This camera has "Peaking Focus", which colours things that are in focus.
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Yes, it has manual and selective focus modes. I recommend to read on field and aperture control before trying to use advanced cams like this one.
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Practice in the day time on something far away like a street sign or building or something. Use the widest lens first. Dont use the extra magnifer. Put the lens in all the way and tighten the screw. Use the finder scope on the top to get it close to the object you want to see. Then adjust the focus dial raising and lowering the lens untill you can see an image. I used mine in the day time several times before I tried it succesfully at night.
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I would either put it in Macro Mode or Manual or choose the A, manually focus until the subject looks clear, I have a NX1000 and it may be the same way.
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You will need to find the sweet spot for straight lines (by tilting) in your composition. Sounds like your Sigma worked the same way.Fisheyes are like that :)
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Its a macro lens. Try getting as close as posible , you almost have to be touching the object with the lens for it to focus
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You theoretically can, but it's not made easy. This honostly isn't a very good follow focus. I'd find something else to use.
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You can change your sharpness settings on the camera. look at your owners manual that comes with the camera.
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Yes. Set distance from object then twist end to focus. The closer to object one is, the higher one can magnify to. White cup on tip seems to bring about 20-50ish magnification. Need to take tip off to get closer for higher magnification.
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Me too, I work either in Manual or with Aperture preselects on, the latter being the most convenient.I find the focusing the most challenging.
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I have had the S4500 for just a few weeks. I wear tri-focals and lve. them on while shooting. I just did some testing and here's what I found: With my glasses on, I focused on an object (auto) The Image looked sharp in the viewer, and in "reviewing". I then lined-up another shot - without my glasses, moved the shutter button half-way down - object was blurred but I took the shot anyway. Reviewed it (on the camera back) and it was fine. Conclusion (after two more tests) the camera was focusing correctly regardless of what I was seeing ! Highly recommend you do same testing to confirm. Having checked other review, I agree this model does NOT have a Diopter (previous Fuji model I owned did) but I am already used to this system - but then I'm not a pro! Oh, don't forget when shooting picture of two people, always point the focus-beam at ONE of the faces then "re-frame" while holding shutter btn. half way down. (sorry if I,m stating the obvious!). Good luck. Harry Hilton
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I don't have my camera in front of me, but I don't recall any setting to change the focus.It would most likely be one of the preset shooting modes the camera has that would produce a shot like that.
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Twist the lens. It may be that it is indeed too low to get a good focus. If you twist the lens on mine, it comes into focus.
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Another thing occurred to me about what might be causing your blurry, fuzzy pictures. Make sure that you are at least about 7 feet from what you are trying to focus on at the long end, and about 3 1/2 feet from your subject at the short end in "normal" mode. If you are closer than that the camera won't achieve focus. If you change to "macro" mode you can get focus as close as about 2 inches at the short (28mm) end, and as close as about 3 1/2 feet at the long (280mm) end.
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If you meant by focusing on an object and make the background blurry, then the answer is no.
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The directions say to hold it down half way for it to focus ......but i have 2 toddlers i never have time to do that and the pictures turn out fine. only blurry if there is too much movement.
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Yes. There are actually two macro modes -- one is a "normal" macro mode and a "super" macro mode. The latter allows you to focus to within an inch or so of the lens.
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It is focused. I found the magnification to be pretty good and clear for such an inexpensive price. The only thing that I am disappointed with is that with normal use, it seems to pick up a lot of scratches and smudges easily, like the material is too soft.