What does this mean?

[daryl.com]

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling me?
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[hkc]

It tells you that the iESP had chosen an off-center focus point. It's kinda an equivalent to the multi-point AF mechanisms found on cameras from other manufacturers.

Regards,
Henry

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i
half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves
from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling
me?
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Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

 

[daryl.com]

so it does mean that focus has been established and a blurry picture is not in my future?

Regards,
Henry

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i
half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves
from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling
me?
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http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

--
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http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

 

[hkc]

Also, from carefully looking at the composition on the LCD screen, you can tell vaguely where the focus is locked (foreground or background). Though it's not gonna be screemingly obvious that "there's the focus", but it does show some sign of where it locked the focus at.

Regards,
Henry

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i
half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves
from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling
me?
--
http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

--
http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

 

[C. Tosh]

Regards,
Henry

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i
half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves
from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling
me?
--
http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

--
http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.

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CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[carl villanueva]

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

 

[C. Tosh]

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

--My C-4000 does the same thing in spot metering mode I thought it had something to do with esp metering ,back to the manual on the cd for me.
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[hkc]

I think any Oly that has the iESP focusing system does the same thing except maybe there're differences in the number of focus-points, that I don't know.

Regards,
Henry

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

 

[hkc]

I'm guessing you got a little mixed up with the iESP metering as opposed to the iESP focusing.

Cheers,
Henry

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

--My C-4000 does the same thing in spot metering mode I thought it
had something to do with esp metering ,back to the manual on the cd
for me.
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[dick52717]

When composing a shot on the LCD using the square focus box, when i
half press the shutter button, the little focus box sometimes moves
from the center to the right or to the left. What is that telling
me?

You have an astigmatism?
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[C. Tosh]

Regards,
Henry

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[Garry Schaefer]

The first thing I did with the C-4000 was to switch (in the menu) from iESP focusing to spot focusing. That give me the control over what the camera will focus on. Locking focus with the half press and recomposing is second nature after much use of cameras which lacked the iESP feature and I really prefer it that way. Others may, in any case, find iESP to their liking.

Regards,
Henry

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

--
Garry

Garry's Page: http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~gschaef

 

[hkc]

iESP is a proprietary Oly name given to its evaluative software algorithm for different photographic aspects such as focusing, metering, etc. I personally get the idea of the use of iESP focusing from using my 5050. In a way, it has 9 AF points (I'm guessing from the 9 manually selectible points in spot focusing mode) that it'll choose from when looking for a focus lock; but is less controllable cos you can't control which particular point you want focus on when iESP mode is selected. Spot mode will definitely give you more control over the focus point.

From looking at the specs of the 4000, it seems to have the same 9-point selectible spot focus and the iESP mode. As far as sources for more iESP info, I don't really know. Maybe other forum members can jump in and help.

Regards,
Henry

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use
improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp
metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[S K]

iESP will select to focus the nearest object when the apperture is at F1.8 ~ F2.6 with AF illuminator disabled. In this case, you will find that the focus window will shift to the nearest object for focus.

If you want in control of the object to be focus, then use SPOT AF. Personally, I set to SPOT AF when I want to take full control of the subject and leave the camera set in iESP AF for best photography capture.

From looking at the specs of the 4000, it seems to have the same
9-point selectible spot focus and the iESP mode. As far as sources
for more iESP info, I don't really know. Maybe other forum members
can jump in and help.

Regards,
Henry

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use
improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp
metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[hkc]

I agree with having more control using spot. Have you tried to select from the available 9 points in spot mode? It's gonna come in handy when you want off-center focus point without always having to fix at the center focus point and recompose.

Cheers,
Henry

Regards,
Henry

hkc,
do you know if the c4000 shares this same feature (off set focus)?

--
Garry

Garry's Page: http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~gschaef

 

[hkc]

I found the iESP shooting for th nearest object also for aperture smaller than F2.6. I guess shooting for the nearest object is a general rule the iESP will follow!

Regards,
Henry

If you want in control of the object to be focus, then use SPOT AF.
Personally, I set to SPOT AF when I want to take full control of
the subject and leave the camera set in iESP AF for best
photography capture.

From looking at the specs of the 4000, it seems to have the same
9-point selectible spot focus and the iESP mode. As far as sources
for more iESP info, I don't really know. Maybe other forum members
can jump in and help.

Regards,
Henry

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use
improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp
metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[carl villanueva]

guys,

thanks for your patience with me...i have only fiddled with a c4000 for a few minutes at wal-mart during lunch break and also am not familiar with the terms (iESP, etc) or modes of digital cameras. i just assumed that 'selective focus' was like a point and shoot (push down halfway). guess i'll just take the plunge and buy the c4000, then discover how it works. from all i've heard, it sounds like i can't go wrong with this camera.

carl

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From looking at the specs of the 4000, it seems to have the same
9-point selectible spot focus and the iESP mode. As far as sources
for more iESP info, I don't really know. Maybe other forum members
can jump in and help.

Regards,
Henry

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use
improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp
metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

 

[Garry Schaefer]

No, I haven't tried the feature in which you can select the focus point from the multi-point option. I suspect that might be most useful when using a tripod fixed on the scene. It seems more natural, at least to me when shooting hand-held, to lock focus and recompose.

I agree with having more control using spot. Have you tried to
select from the available 9 points in spot mode? It's gonna come
in handy when you want off-center focus point without always having
to fix at the center focus point and recompose.

Cheers,
Henry

--
Garry

Garry's Page: http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~gschaef

 

[daryl.com]

So anything above 2.6 you would use spot? If you click on my username you will see some good discussion on focus issues that i have had in the past. i am still teeter-tottering between spot and iESP. As I have said before, my photo situation has changed from mostly outdoor shots to indoor shots of my daughter. It seems that low light makes it difficult to focus using spot OR iESP.

d

If you want in control of the object to be focus, then use SPOT AF.
Personally, I set to SPOT AF when I want to take full control of
the subject and leave the camera set in iESP AF for best
photography capture.

From looking at the specs of the 4000, it seems to have the same
9-point selectible spot focus and the iESP mode. As far as sources
for more iESP info, I don't really know. Maybe other forum members
can jump in and help.

Regards,
Henry

--I looked on the cd as the manual is no help, the cd could use
improvement too, do you know of any sources for better info on esp
metering and focus too? Thanks
CHRIS
C-2100-uzi--C-4000--psp7--epson785exp&B-300 is in the mail

--
http://www.daryl.com/2002 - photo calendar
http://www.pbase.com/daryl - pbase supporter

Was shooting with an Olympus C4040. Had to make
the move to the C5050, and glad I did.