How can fix my out-of-fucus pics?

Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 53

I have a problem - almost all my portraits and still lives appear to be out-of-fucus. I posted a few portrait here and they do not look ok because i cant'e focus properly. I have a Kodak dx 7440. It allows multi-zone, centre-zone and selectable-zone focus. For portraits i use selectable-zone but the photos still are not in-focus. This zone allows moving brackets to centre, left and right, but not upwards or downwards. What can i do to somehow improve my photos and make them in-focus. I realize that my cam is only a point-and-shoot, but still i believe that it is possible to improve a situation even with a compact camera.

p.s. One more quest, is it possible somehow fix my out-of-focus photos in the post-processing?
Thanks in advance.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:40 am

If your having the much of a problem with focus you may want to switch to manual instead of automatic. Theres no real way to fix it in post unless you over sharpen or something.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:56 am

Your camera doesn't have a manual focus.

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Continuous AF is always focusing, even when the shutter release is not held down. This reduces the delay when you want to take a picture. In Single AF mode, the camera only focuses when you halfway press the shutter release.

Have you half-pressed the shutter and let it focus before you take the picture? (Just checking...)

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 247 Location: England

Sorry, but a few questions to help me understand the problem....

What is the distance between the camera and the subject? For example, if the subject is too close to the camera, the lens will not be able to focus.

Does the camera focus on anything at all, in other words are you able to get any sharp images of other subjects, like landscapes..?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:29 pm

another thing you might want to try is to see if you have a focus lock button on your camera.

Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Boulder, Colorado

Put it on a tripod and/or use a remote cable and take a few shots (make sure you have a well lit subject).....If those are in focus, the camera is likely ok and it is related to movement before (as in shutter delay) during exposure.

Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 53

I put my cam on a steady surface and uses a self-timer. The distance between the cam and the subject was about 1 meter. I guess that the problem occurred because the cam was too close to the subject and the light wasn't really good. I cam focus ok when i shoot ladscapes, but still-lives and portraits are often blurred.