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Focus problem - is this a fault in the G7 camera

Started Dec 5, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP Brisn5757 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,540
Re: Focus problem - is this a fault in the G7 camera
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I took a look at some of my video clips that had the focusing problem and most of the time the subject goes out of focus during zooming while video recording. There are two ways the camera goes out of focus.

1. Focusing while zooming in/out. So one frame will be in focus and the next frame id out-of-fous etc.

2. refocusing after I have zoomed in/out. This is a problem as it can be out of focus for a second or two before it finds the correct focus.

But there are time when I have not zoomed when it goes out of focus, maybe the camera needs to recheck the focus at times. In one case a person held up a card that appeared in center of the frame causing the camera to refocus yet before then someone had moved around the room and the camera dd not go out of focus.

The G7 camera currently has the following setting for video:

AFS/AFF set to AFS

Continuous AF = ON

Metering mode = Focus and measure subject on the center of the screen

MP4  28M/50fps

Brian

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