scarletfawth
Established
Here's a recent one of mine. Contax G2
willie_901
Veteran
Focus and recompose is your friend
Tompas
Wannabe Künstler
The two laws of autofocus, according to Tompas:
1. Autofocus is good when you don't need it.
2. Manual focus is good when you need autofocus.
1. Autofocus is good when you don't need it.
2. Manual focus is good when you need autofocus.
Jamie123
Veteran
Disaster?? The woman with the backpack looks perfectly in focus to me 
aad
Not so new now.
Very common with autofocus, especially for folks who switch cameras.
One solution is only use autofocus in cameras with Face Detection.
The other is understand how your autofocus works (as referenced above), or now how to preset the manual focus.
One solution is only use autofocus in cameras with Face Detection.
The other is understand how your autofocus works (as referenced above), or now how to preset the manual focus.
le vrai rdu
Well-known
Here's a recent one of mine. Contax G2
I would say "disaster of not knowing your camera"
Autofocus is not a wizard, just a tool
scarletfawth
Established
Gosh you guys are hard! I normally nail the autofocus on the g2 and this was an attempt at a light hearted ribbing of getting it wrong, inviting more of the same. I guess le vrai rdu is perfect and all shots are keepers!
le vrai rdu
Well-known
Of course not but I had a G2 and talking of disaster when the camera has only a central focus point..........
scarletfawth
Established
Not sure I understand your point, but just for clarity, I (thought I) focused on the girl on the right and reframed (badly). Obviously I missed and actually focus on the lady with the rucksac.
Anyway, I looked at your flickr and recalled reading a previous post of yours about your fishing trip - those are not far from perfect!
Gereonb
Gereonb
The tiny piece of a straw in the bottom right is in focus, this is a proper autofocus fail.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
One thing I don't like with auto focus cameras is ones that by default, lock the AE with a half shutter press along with the AF ... it's not smart at all!
scarletfawth
Established
Tompas
Wannabe Künstler
Yes. Luckily this is configurable by menu or switch on both my autofocus cameras (K-x, F4); it probably is on most cameras?
a10101100
Owl in a human suit.
i had the same problem when i first got my G2. Wasted many a frame i did... i had seemingly more difficulty with the "half-shutter to focus and recompose" on the G2 than the 35Ti and GR1, though the latter 2 are compacts so probably not a far comparison?
for me this was actually intended though
for me this was actually intended though
hxpham
Established
On a slow day, perhaps practice autofocusing at various subject distances (and confirming via the distance readout) to get a feel for how parallax affects where the autofocus actually focuses in relationship to the viewfinder mark?