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AF misses. Canon

Started Oct 1, 2017 | Questions thread
ThrillaMozilla Veteran Member • Posts: 7,681
Re: AF misses. Canon

You didn't give us quite enough information, ohrid. We don't know the shutter speed or the F number at which the pictures were taken.

There are (at least) three possibilities, listed in no particular order.

1. Camera shake. You always have to hold the camera very steady. It's hard to know by looking at these pictures.

2. Camera not focused. On your camera the focus confirmation light is on the right, at the bottom of the viewfinder. You need to look for that or listen for the beep. If you can't get a focus confirmation in broad daylight with those pictures, then you have some kind of malfunction.

3. You say misfocused in viewfinder AND live view. That suggests that you need to hold the camera steady. But it's hard to know without more information.

4. You could be doing a backbutton focus but releasing your finger before focus is confirmed.

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