I was shooting pictures with my Powershot s50 and about 10 images into the session, suddenly everything went soft focus, like a lens baby or like i put vaseline on the front element. The first three images the edges were soft then the whole thing went completely bokeh on me, corner to corner. Weird. I thought maybe it was fogged up, but I am indoors in a dry room.
I did not drop it. I have not abused it. It just no longer wants to hunt for a focus when i depress the button halfway down. Anyone ever seen this? Manual focus mode does nothing beyond showing me a very blurry focus window.
This has been a trouble-free little backup unit for my SLR, and I guess I could buy something new, but is there a reset function, or is this just user stupidity? I would be grateful for any advice on this mystery.
Many thanks
At first, it was kind of lensbaby-ish -- sort of a cool effect and come to think of it the inner element does look foggy to me right now. See the image:At first, it was kind of lensbaby-ish -- sort of a cool effect and come to think of it the inner element does look foggy to me right now. See the image:
then it went completely soft --looks like moisture on the inside, but beats me how all of a sudden this is a problem after 3 trouble-free yearsthen it went completely soft --looks like moisture on the inside, but beats me how all of a sudden this is a problem after 3 trouble-free years
well, it looks like moisture just evaporated and we are back to clear again. I can't figure out how or why moisture got in there now and not ever before.well, it looks like moisture just evaporated and we are back to clear again. I can't figure out how or why moisture got in there now and not ever before.
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I have exactly the same problem and the image looks exactly like what you showed. I didn't abuse either. Currently, I'm talking to Canon Support and they have a known issue on S60 and will fix it for free,provided this issue is same as the experienced by us. Will keep you posted.
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It sounds like you may have commanded the camera to use one of the other 10 focus points in the viewfinder. There are 11, total with one in the very center, and the rest around it. It looks like this:
Page 130 of the manual begins a discussion of Auto Focus. Page 133 details how to change the focus point. If you like to center the subject in your veiw finder & pictures, you should select the center focus point if it is set to one of the others. You may still have dark or soft pictures if the shutter needs to stay open too long. You can reduce the exposure time by bumping up the ISO to a value of 400 or 800 or more - as limited by you liking. The higher your ISO goes, the less time required - but the more grainy the image is.
I would check IS(image stablization) setting and continous shooting setting to make sure these features are turned off. You want to experiment with different IS settings and definitely turn the continous shooting mode because the continouse mode may not focus 100% in order to shoot multiple shots. Hope this helps. -James. P.S. In my case it was too difficult to distinguish the quality of focus in the VF or LCD so you may not see the focus issue on them.
This camera is ancient by today's standards, at least 8 years old.
Your focus problem is that the back display is very low resolution, so it will never show a sharp image. 9MP should give a decent image when you view it on a computer. If not, you probably need to part with the camera. it is not worth much these days anyway.
paulc846, There might just be a smudge or fingerprint on the lens, that's enough to cause that to happen to the center of an image. Get some lens cloth on a q-tip and try to gently wipe it clean. If the image is really grainy and the camera has recently been dropped the sensor is damaged. Let's hope for the smudge. randy320sgi
It sounds like the focus element in your lens is not functioning properly. Does the lens retract completely when you turn off the camera?
When you push the button does the camera attempt to focus the image? If you do not see any change in the image when you push the button, and do not hear any sound - then your focus motor is either jammed or malfunctioning.
David Millier
Advance Camera Repair
1. Typical problem subjects for autofocus
1) Very low-contrast subjects
2) Overlapping nearby and distant objects
3) Very bright subjects in the center
4) Subjects moving very fast
5) Subjects through glass
Focus on an object that is at the same distance as the desired subject, apply Focus Lock, and then recompose the picture. Or set the lens focus mode switch to (or), and focus manually.
(Manual focus is only possible with cameras providing this feature.)
2. Attempting to take pictures out of the camera's shooting distance:
When taking pictures out of the camera's shooting distance, the subject will be out of focus.
The shooting distance differs from each camera model. Please check the specifications of your camera in the instruction manual to determine the shooting distance.
1. Typical problem subjects for autofocus
1) Very low-contrast subjects
2) Overlapping nearby and distant objects
3) Very bright subjects in the center
4) Subjects moving very fast
5) Subjects through glass
Focus on an object that is at the same distance as the desired subject, apply Focus Lock, and then recompose the picture. Or set the lens focus mode switch to (or), and focus manually.
(Manual focus is only possible with cameras providing this feature.)
2. Attempting to take pictures out of the camera's shooting distance:
When taking pictures out of the camera's shooting distance, the subject will be out of focus.
The shooting distance differs from each camera model. Please check the specifications of your camera in the instruction manual to determine the shooting distance.
The AF frame appears as follows when the LCD monitor is on.
" Green: Metering complete
At first, it was kind of lensbaby-ish -- sort of a cool effect and come to think of it the inner element does look foggy to me right now. See the image:
then it went completely soft --looks like moisture on the inside, but beats me how all of a sudden this is a problem after 3 trouble-free years
well, it looks like moisture just evaporated and we are back to clear again. I can't figure out how or why moisture got in there now and not ever before.
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