aholmes
newbie
Reged: 07/03/2008
Posts: 3
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Hi All,
I bought the above camera to take on safari with me and was not disappointed with the results. We got some amazing photos using solely the intelligent auto function. Unfortunately i didn't have the time before going to learn about all the other options available.
One thing i did notice however is that the camera would often focus on something as small as grass in the foreground rather than the subject of the photo (i.e. a lion).
Can someone please explain to me briefly how i can manually change this??
I'd also be grateful if someone could recommend a good beginners book to photography that explains all the functions of the camera, i.e shutter speed, iso, etc.. to an absolute beginner.
Many thanks in adavnce for any advice.
Ant
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RichardSibley
AP Technical Writer
Reged: 03/08/2007
Posts: 52
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The FZ18 has a manual focus option.
The button is marked 'MF' and is on the top of the camera near the shutter release button. Once activated 'MF' should now show on the view on the LCD screen. You can now manually adjust the focus using the joystick control on the rear of the camera. To return to AF just press the manual focus button again.
Hope that helps
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aholmes
newbie
Reged: 07/03/2008
Posts: 3
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for this info. I had discovered the MF button but couldn't work out how to then focus. I had wondered what the joystick was for.
Cheers
Ant
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saywell
newbie
Reged: 11/03/2008
Posts: 9
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You can also use the joystick to move the area of focus to where you want it - ie over the lion rather than the grass.
William
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David_S
newbie
Reged: 11/10/2005
Posts: 25
Loc: Hampshire, UK
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Auto focus systems use changes in contrast to lock on to. If the lions camouflage was working properly it would melt into everything else around it which may be why it locked on to the grass instead. Try looking for an area of contrast at the same distance as the lion (may be out of the frame) lock on to it (half press the shutter)and then move the camera to re-frame the shot.
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Cheers, Dave
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