How do you focus the camera to capture more than a blurry corner of a bluebird nest box? Roof seems too low to get the camera far enough away.
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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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Turn the little black thing on the end of the lens a little at a time, that will focus. Then u can mov
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The camera has a variable focus lens. Simply loosen the tiny set screw beneath the lens, and twist slightly. I've found that by giving it a slightly less than quarter counter clockwise turn, it will focus well on the floor of most birdhouses, such as for bluebirds. You'll need about 9" from floor to camera to cover the standard 4" x 4" floor. Our HD camera has even a greater wide angle lens that covers more area from a lesser height.
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Turn the little black thing on the end of the lens a little at a time, that will focus. Then u can move the Cera up or down to get it to where u want it to see.
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To focus, you have to loosen the tiny phillips head screw, then turn the lens in and out for focus. It's hard to get it right, and once you have birds in the nest you can't really fiddle with it until they are gone. But try to get as far away from the actual nest as possible. (I was only able to see the moms shoulder as she built the nest on the same side as the camera. So go for the roof if you can.)
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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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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 thought I had that problem...but, I really didn't. Sometimes when I aim at camera at a scene I want to photograph, that scene is blurry. However, it does not last. I lightly click the button that takes the picture, without pushing it down hard enough to take that picture. Every time, so far, the image rights itself and is no longer blurry, but sharp. I believe every time I have had the blurry image appear, it has been in daylight and on auto setting.
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You have to focus by moving the camera back and forth. Focus ring doesn't work. Also have to get close to object.
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I have a android version phone. i can focus in but the picture gets fuzzy the bigger you make.I have 2 swanndvr and 1 nightowldvr. I don't like the Nightowl.
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I am looking for a camera of this range. My short list is like this Panasonic FZ 100, FZ40, Fuji Film HS10, Kodak Easyshare Z 981 and Olympus SP 800 UZ. Basically I am looking for a camera useful for birdwatching - distant shots, high optical zoom, faster speed etc. can you pl help me in selection. e mail haridas53@gmail.com
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The camera clicks when it takes a pic. The sensor range is very long...could be as much a 70 ft. I love the camera. The only bad thing is that when the wind blows, you could have about 5,000 snaps because of moving trees or bushes in front, even a good ways down.Even moving cars. But I rather have too many pix than not enough. The video is cool too but eats up more of the battery. So use as necessary.
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You may have to zoom out a bit. At wider angles it's like looking through a tunnel because your camera's lens is capturing the insides of the Raynox. Although that's an effect I've played with once in a while rather than remove the Raynox for a particular shot, the Raynox really comes into its own as you approach full zoom with your camera's lens.
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In general I think your best solution is to manually focus. Set the camera up, frame your shot, zoom in to the center of your frame, manually focus it, then zoom back out and verify your shot.
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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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hello you have to make sure the area you are covering is not blocking the trigger beam or the inferred part of camera.what i do with my cams for my property surveillance is that i camouflage the camera with my own design.i go to the area and make sure the camera view is not blacked.if you want to attach it to a tree or bush in area follow these simple steps.[1]take a hot screw driver and put two holes in the back of camera[2]two screws[3]and a power tool.size up the camera in area and screw it in nearest tree of bush.or you can design your own tree like stick and camaflage it to blend into area.drill it on and plant it in area.this works for me all the time and i have over 10 cams watching my construction sight. these cams are great! tauz
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try putting the camera on a table and taking a picture while is absolutely still. If it is still blurry I would call Nikon
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Thank you for your response. I seem to do OK with close up but longer focal lengths give me a hard time. I may send it in just for them to check it out. I like the camera but I havent ever been so stymied before.
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Have not tried a maximum distance. Did get bird sounds from about 15 feet using mic on a tripod. Had mic plugged into a Sony digital camcorder. Was recording a bird nest in a tree in my front yard. Birds were quite loud, 3 young in nest all chirping at the same time.
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Hi personally it did not work for me. The camera becomes set back so far as a result of the mounting that focussing is a problem. For me other than macro work it was not suitable and certainly not as all round useful as I understood it to be.I returned mine for a refund
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Sometimes it takes the camera brain a while to think about what it's doing. To prod it along, hold the shutter button down a bit. Maybe halfway. It should figure out what you're pointing at and set its focus from there. Then push the shutter all the way down to take the picture.