I have a Sony W-7 and took this photo.


I was quite disappointed in the clarity of the trout. It appears to have focused on the
water instead of the fish.

Any pointers would be appreciated?

Len

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Water totally freaks the autofocus more often than not Len.Sometimes you get lucky sometimes you don't. Only thing I can suggest is go manual - 6' or something with a small aperture to give a decent depth of field and therefore a margin of error.

about every 10th water shot turns out








I actually shy away from water shots because most times I am disappointed.

Fish scales + water don't exactly thrill the autofocus to bits either Len. For the kind of shots you have just shown,try setting your manual focus to 3' (or roughly whatever the distance is to the fish) with the equivalent of say a f5.6 or f8 stop. That should give you plenty of D.O.F. to play with.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/W7/W7A.HTM

please explain what you mean in dumb angler version.

Thanks
Len

Hi, Len, have a look in your camera's manual for the AF instructions.
The review says
If you can work out how to set your camera to 1 or 3 metres focal length for your fishy shots - then stand 1 or 3 metres away when shooting - you should get better results.

At present I suspect you are shooting on auto-focus and the reflections of the water confuse the sensors, causing it to focus elsewhere than your intended subject. By 'fixing' the focal length you'll always get a crisp shot.

Just remember to return the camera to auto-focus for general use.

Can you set the camera to spot or centre focus? This means that if you put the centre of the viewfinder on what you are shooting it will focus on it when you half press the shutter. Then, still holding the shutter half way, compose your image as you want it and then simply press the shutter down fully. The camera will lock the focus of the object (trout in your example) and even if the object is no longer in the centre of the picture it will be in focus.

richard

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i would also suggest fitting a polarising filter

Cracking fish Len.

Cheers,
Stewart.

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