Picture look blurry through viewfinder but come out clear

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Sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new here so bare with me!

One of my cameras was a canon 450d and I have just got a 550d.

The kit lens on the 450d works fine, but when I put it on the new 550d it looks very blurry when I look through the camera, take the pic and on the little LCD screen it looks as clear as day

never had this before, so sorry if it's a stupid question. How can I make it clear when I look through as well? :shrug:
 
I'm guessing you have the diopter correction on the camera viewfinder wrongly adjusted. There's usually a small lever, thumbwheel or slider around the viewfinder eyepiece where you can adjust the correction. If this is wrong, everything in the viewfinder will be blurry and will look the same with any lens mounted on the camera.
 
I had the same trouble the other week when I must of caught the diopter on my 7D and everything went blurred all of a sudden. I cleaned the lens and the viewfinder and it was still the same. Was a bit puzzled until I tried it on live view and it was fine, then I realised what the problem was. A 2 second fix, just the way I like them.
 
anwa said:
I'm guessing you have the diopter correction on the camera viewfinder wrongly adjusted. There's usually a small lever, thumbwheel or slider around the viewfinder eyepiece where you can adjust the correction. If this is wrong, everything in the viewfinder will be blurry and will look the same with any lens mounted on the camera.
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happend to me too- its a comon enough Occurance :bang:

but a 2 second fix, thankfully :D

Les
 
It's either that or my problem of realising I don't have my contact lenses in :lol:
 
I had the same issue after my 50D came back from canon themselves!

Scared the crap outta me before i realised the tech must be semi-blind - with a full +2 adjustment!
 
On a related note,is it possible for a picture to look sharp but come out blurry due to the diopter adjustment??
 
If you are focussing manually via the viewfinder then yes, otherwise no.
 
Oh that's ok, I was concerned because sometimes I wear glasses and sometimes not, but if I MF, I use live view.
 
Joshwain said:
It's either that or my problem of realising I don't have my contact lenses in :lol:
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Or sometimes it's just because you are putting your nose and mouth too close to the observation window so the air becomes foggy water on it? :)
 
Xivoz said:
Or sometimes it's just because you are putting your nose and mouth too close to the observation window so the air becomes foggy water on it? :)
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Ahahh, I can't say that has ever happened to me :p
 
The way to adjust the dioptre setting is to look through the viewfinder and half press the shutter button which brings up the exposure info in the viewfinder. Adjust the dioptre setting until the exposure numerals are as sharp as you can get them and you're done - you won't get the viewfinder view any sharper. Certainly don't mess about trying to set the dioptre adjustment by focusing on a a scene or object.

If you wear specs (that'll be me) then you can adjust the dioptre while wearing your specs which will give you a sharp viewfinder image and also when you take the camera away from your eye you'll get a sharp image on the preview screen and also be able to see the numerals on all the camera controls easily.

Even if you're a specs wearer you can unjust the viewfinder to be sharp without specs unless your eyesight is well outside the normal dioptre adjustment range provided. The problem with this method is every time you take your eye away from the viewfinder you'll need to put your specs back on to see the preview screen and camera controls.

The most practical all round solution is to set the viewfinder up wearing specs.
 
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