Focusing Problem

[lemonsprig]

Hi All,

well I know I posted last night with problems getting a nice blurry depth of fied effect, but tonight I just thought I would go for some close up macro shots, and right off the bat ( a bat which is either going to visit my head or the camera at this rate) I have run into further problems.

tonigth I cant seem to get the camera to focus.

It seems fine if I am a fair distance away, but the minute I try to get in real close (Physically or zooming or both), the camera just cant seem to focus, I have tried macro mode, normal mode and even manual focus (which was a bit painful, slow and would not focus)

Here are the shots, and as always kicks in the right direction are appreciated.

 

[neil_g]

Check the minimum focus distance rating for the lens

 

[tomah]

What lens?

 

[lemonsprig]

its the canon sx40 hs it says and apparently the minimum focusing distance is 0mm read on some forums people have taken pics with stuff right up against it

 

[Flash In The Pan]

What lens?

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS according to the EXIF....

 

[posiview]

What Neil said.

It's a bit like holding a book up so the text is in focus then moving it closer. Eventually you won't be able to focus and the the text will be blurred.

At least I think this is analogous...

 

[lilbunfoo]

touch the rainbowwww i like the first one