Bad focusing with my G2: EXIF info subject distance off

I have used my G2 for over a month now and I have serious problems getting it to focus correctly. I do what I think is the correct thing: first light pressure on the shutter and then a full press after it beeps. Often my photos are soft and blurry and as further evidence, the EXIF "subject distance" is often way off -- sometimes as little as 1.5 meters for panoramas at infinity and often at infinity (i.e. 65.5 m) for portraits. Anyone know what might be going on, or whether this is an indication of a defective camera? Thanks for your help.

-Anoop

Please post a sample with exitf.

Morris

Anoop Prasad said:

I have used my G2 for over a month now and I have serious problems
getting it to focus correctly. I do what I think is the correct
thing: first light pressure on the shutter and then a full press
after it beeps. Often my photos are soft and blurry and as further
evidence, the EXIF "subject distance" is often way off -- sometimes
as little as 1.5 meters for panoramas at infinity and often at
infinity (i.e. 65.5 m) for portraits. Anyone know what might be
going on, or whether this is an indication of a defective camera?
Thanks for your help.

-Anoop

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First I would suggest that you try the manual focus. When I absolutely must be sure the focus in right on I use manual.

Anothe reason for , and the most probable, for your out of focus shots is camera shake. If you shoot anyghing under 125th of a second exposure witout a tripdo you will have some shake.

Anoop Prasad said:

I have used my G2 for over a month now and I have serious problems
getting it to focus correctly. I do what I think is the correct
thing: first light pressure on the shutter and then a full press
after it beeps. Often my photos are soft and blurry and as further
evidence, the EXIF "subject distance" is often way off -- sometimes
as little as 1.5 meters for panoramas at infinity and often at
infinity (i.e. 65.5 m) for portraits. Anyone know what might be
going on, or whether this is an indication of a defective camera?
Thanks for your help.

-Anoop

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This seems to be a common complaint among some G2 owners. Of the over 3000 shots I taken so far, a handfull has focus wrong even when the focus point was dead on. Typically, it focus on the background instead of the main subject. I suggest you try changing focus to single shot, make sure you are not too close to the subject, and review your shots right away to check focus. This might help you narrow down the problem. You can zoom in to check focus in the review mode. Also, shoot in AV mode and use f/4 or higher to get good depth of field if lighting permits. This will make it more forgiving.

Anoop Prasad said:

I have used my G2 for over a month now and I have serious problems
getting it to focus correctly. I do what I think is the correct
thing: first light pressure on the shutter and then a full press
after it beeps. Often my photos are soft and blurry and as further
evidence, the EXIF "subject distance" is often way off -- sometimes
as little as 1.5 meters for panoramas at infinity and often at
infinity (i.e. 65.5 m) for portraits. Anyone know what might be
going on, or whether this is an indication of a defective camera?
Thanks for your help.

-Anoop

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--Check out the web's most extensive Canon G2 vs Nikon CP5000 comparison at: http://www.igrablife.com/digitalphotoIf you use http://www.pbase.com , please support them by making a small donation at http://www.pbase.com/supportFor the last time, the Canon G2 DOE NOT need a circular polarizer. Stop wasting your money. Send it to me instead.

Is there a way to see the "subject distance" on the camera's
LCD screen so that one can check immediately? (So far I get
access to the full EXIF data only after downloading to my
computer.)

Also, there was a request to post an example of a "bad-focus"
picture on this forum along with the EXIF info. What is the best
way of doing this?

Thanks in advance and also thanks for the advice!

Anoop

Grablife said:

Anoop Prasad said:

I have used my G2 for over a month now and I have serious problems
getting it to focus correctly. I do what I think is the correct
thing: first light pressure on the shutter and then a full press
after it beeps. Often my photos are soft and blurry and as further
evidence, the EXIF "subject distance" is often way off -- sometimes
as little as 1.5 meters for panoramas at infinity and often at
infinity (i.e. 65.5 m) for portraits. Anyone know what might be
going on, or whether this is an indication of a defective camera?
Thanks for your help.

-Anoop

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Check out the web's most extensive Canon G2 vs Nikon CP5000
comparison at:
http://www.igrablife.com/digitalphoto

If you use http://www.pbase.com , please support them by making a small
donation at http://www.pbase.com/support

For the last time, the Canon G2 DOE NOT need a circular polarizer.
Stop wasting your money. Send it to me instead.

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Go to the top of the Canon talk forum (any forum) and on the User: row, click on an button lableled "Rules/Help" Under posting Help is a section called Embedding images.

Basically you will have to fine a service to share your images over the web and create an address to link to. Eamples of services are Pbase, Fototime, ortofo, imagestation, etc. I use Fototime as this service is very reliable (no server down time) while some of the others are rather slow or occasionally down.

Also Please learn to use the search feature. Use two words like "G2 focus" to increase your hit rate. This focus issue has been discussed quite a bit in the past, and you will get information faster with a good search.
Mike K

Anoop Prasad said:

Is there a way to see the "subject distance" on the camera's
LCD screen so that one can check immediately? (So far I get
access to the full EXIF data only after downloading to my
computer.)

Also, there was a request to post an example of a "bad-focus"
picture on this forum along with the EXIF info. What is the best
way of doing this?

Thanks in advance and also thanks for the advice!

Anoop

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Mike K said:

Anoop Prasad said:

Is there a way to see the "subject distance" on the camera's
LCD screen so that one can check immediately? (So far I get
access to the full EXIF data only after downloading to my
computer.)

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Yes, before you take the picture, but after autofocus lock, press on manual focus, and you can now see the distance slider showing the distance. Not great, but only way...

JJ