Thanks to all for your kind suggestions. My husband assures me it's a
lighting issue, so I'm letting him play with lighting (since he takes
most of the pictures) to see if he's correct). You've all been very
kind with ideas -- I'll be sure to suggest a piece of tape, or
something else, vertical to help hold the focus on close-up images.
This can easily be PhotoShopp'd out when I'm cropping images.
Mical Wimoth Carton
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:38:31 -0400
From: Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The major problem is that it focuses, and then refocuses
inappropriately,
sometimes when I'm taking close-ups of ceramics and porcelain marks.
Autofocus depends on having a vertical line in the frame, which you
won't
have with such a close up. Try using a piece of colored tape to add
one
to the frame.
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:46:37 -0400
From: Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Actually, autofocus depends upon having areas of substantially
differing contrast adjacent to each other within the focusing area.
Steve
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From: db <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Camera recommendation?
In the compact digital point and shoot models ... which is not what
you
seem to be looking for but is all I have experience with ... I
suggest
the Sony line.
They have Zeiss lenses, are cheaper than other name brands, most still
include a viewfinder, they have more lens zoom capability (4 or 5) and
their menu systems are more user friendly than most.
In the pro models, I hear that Canon is the brand most respected.
&, of course, if the tape idea doesn't work, I'll have hours of
investigation. Mical
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