Nikon d-300 focus

BooBoos

Senior Member
I take a lot of photos and when I look at them on the computer I notice a lot are not in perfect focus. I am sure this is pilot error but need to make sure. I shoot a lot with a nikon 80-400mm and 300 f4 with i.4 teleconverter and most times using a monopod. Does anyone else experiencing this kind of issue.

Thank You
 

BooBoos

Senior Member
Mr. lewis, Thank you for your reply. I was shooting at the zoo so I was on the auto mode not sure about shutter speed. I am hoping what your saying is true and its not something wrong with my camera..

Thank You again
 

JoeLewisPhotography

Senior Member
I doubt its something wrong with the camera. Auto will explain a lot. I doubt its giving you a fast enough shutter speed. Get into manual, or at the very least, shutter priority and try 1/500 speeds or greater, especially with that reach. Should cure your problem.
 

BooBoos

Senior Member
Mr. Lewis, I will definitly try setting a shutter speed. I believe I may be able to get to the zoo next weekend so I will give it a shot.

Thank You so much for your help
 

BooBoos

Senior Member
Good Morning, I as usual have a dum question about soft focus photographs.When I was shooting film it was rare to get a photo not so in focus. Now, here is my question. I do very basic editing of my photos. i have I-photo on my computer. Even if I had more advanced software I really would not know how to use it. So in order to keep a very high percentage of my photos in focus can anyone tell me where the sharpening should be set in the camera menu. Should I crank it up a bit. I believe I am about one setting over half way.Does this make any sense to anyone? At some point I will be adding editing software but now is not good for me.I raised my shutter speed last time out but still seemed to not get tack sharp photos. Oh by the way I am using D-300
Thank You in advance for all your help.
 

Browncoat

Senior Member
Focus and sharpening are two very different things. Without seeing some sample photos, it's difficult to say which of these is your real issue.

Soft focus can be addressed with tweaking a few settings or addressing bad shooting habits. If you're shooting JPEG and using camera settings, I have read that +5 sharpening is a good place to start, in addition to D-Lighting set to "Normal".
 

BooBoos

Senior Member
Mr. Hereld, I have the camera set to the settings you recommend. I am really new to these forums and I don't want to send photos and have them too large or something like that. Since I am new at this I would rather not piss off anyone. Is there an e-mail address to send photos to? I can send a few and maybe you can shed some light on what I am not doing correctly. The photos are just not sharp.
 
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fotojack

Senior Member
Mr. Hereld, I have the camera set to the settings you recommend. I am really new to these forums and I don't want to send photos and have them too large or something like that. Since I am new at this I would rather not piss off anyone. Is there an e-mail address to send photos to? I can send a few and maybe you can shed some light on what I am not doing correctly. The photos are just not sharp.

??? I don't understand how you would be pissing anyone off. We're here to help. Just resize any pic you want to send to 800x600 and send it in a post in here. We'll look at it and determine the problem.
 

Browncoat

Senior Member
Yup, just click the little picture frame icon and upload a photo from your computer, or paste in a URL if you have it shared online somewhere. As Jack said, just make sure it isn't larger than 600x800.
 

BooBoos

Senior Member
Well, I am not sure how to resize photos. I have them on as small as they can go out on a e-mail. Can you tell me how I can send them in.
 

Browncoat

Senior Member
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BooBoos

Senior Member
Not sure if this attached and i am really not sure if its small enough. If it did not come through I will try to work on this again later.
 
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