Issues with Out of Focus
- Thread starter Redtail55
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So I went out today and shot a few pics with my camera at F8 and ended up with mostly out of focus shots again. I've tried AF-S , AF-C , high ISO to get high shutter speeds , making sure I'm focusing on the birds head and body and nothing seems to get me enough shots that are in focus when i download them to Aperture to look at them. NOT sure what else to do. I don't want to carry around a tripod or monopod every time I go out to take pictures.
Can't much use a tripod on birds anyway unless they are completely still. Can you post a couple of the examples with EXIF?
I use a tripod for my bird shots.
Nevertheless, I suspect the OP's problem is tuning. Having to have your lenses tuned to your camera is very common. Why Nikon doesn't give these consumer cameras the same ability to tune lenses like pro-sumer and pro level cameras, I'll never know. For the D3200, you'll need to contact Nikon and they'll give you a specific test to determine whether or not you need tuning. If it does need tuning, you'll send the camera in with your lenses and they'll tune them for you.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
With BIF focus on the part where the neck joins the body this is inline with the eyes most of the time and a larger area to focus on.
This is what I try to do but it's hard when the camera doesn't lock on to the subject and focus quick enough before the bird is gone out of the viewfinder.
Scott Murray
Senior Member
Practice
if it was easy everyone would be doing it lol. Also check out that back focus issue.I don't know if this is the best article on doing the test but it should work fine. If not you will know enough about it to find a better method.
How to Quickly Test Your DSLR for Autofocus Issues