Beginner Sony A6000 Soft Photos

[prs999]

Hi All,

I am after some advice, I recently bought a Sony A600 for a trip to the Galapogas and almost all of the photos seem to me to be out of focus.

I would love any input as the what could cause this, is it a camera fault a lens fault (options I have found elsewhere on the internet), just me/us or its this what people would expect quality wise

I have attached some sample photos, they have all been taken on fully automatic mode with autofocus on, I know this is not ideal but I would still expect the focus to be better

Any input and advice would be amazing

Thanks

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mOoK35wNDfOxVcL2C13EQ-WTNmmstVmh

F9, 1/200, ISO100

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mmnknb2_1g95ABI3FuK3aVtB-WK3x_x6

F11, 1/250 sec, ISO 100

 

[Giblets]

What was the auto focus area selected and what lens have you fitted?

 

[prs999]

Hi,

Unfortunately I can't seem to get the camera to show up the focus points, the camera was set to the multipoint mode so its probably a number of points over the photo, the camera seems to show multiple points when taking photos my main issue is that nothing seems in focus, I could understand it if the wrong thing was in focus.

The lens is the standard kit lens 16-50mm 3.5-5.6 model SELP1650

Thanks

 

[Phil V]

Modern cameras are amazing, the auto functions are brilliant.

But the one ‘auto’ that can’t possibly work is choosing what to focus on. The photographer has to make that decision.

 

[Brian G]

Hi,

Unfortunately I can't seem to get the camera to show up the focus points, the camera was set to the multipoint mode so its probably a number of points over the photo, the camera seems to show multiple points when taking photos my main issue is that nothing seems in focus, I could understand it if the wrong thing was in focus.

The lens is the standard kit lens 16-50mm 3.5-5.6 model SELP1650

Thanks

I'm not sure about the A6000, but most cameras with multiple focus points will choose the point that is closest to the camera to lock on to..

 

[GTG]

It is hard to tell with shots in the distance on what looks like murky days to me.

They don't look like clear conditions to me at all, really dull and murky like Wales.

 

[Nawty]

They're not soft, you've just focussed on the wrong thing.

Take the camera out of auto-select AF and take control of where the camera focusses.

 

[StewartR]

They're not soft, you've just focussed on the wrong thing.

I'm not so sure. Take that second photo - the one of the house on the coast. What do you think is in focus? I don't think anything is.

 

[prs999]

Thanks for your help and apologies for the delay in replying,

I will take some more photos in manual focus and make a note of the focus point, is they still look out of focus I will post them with more info

Thanks

 

[Phil V]

Thanks for your help and apologies for the delay in replying,

I will take some more photos in manual focus and make a note of the focus point, is they still look out of focus I will post them with more info

Thanks

Not ‘manual focus’ use AF but you need to select what it is you want the camera focus on.