Focusing

[LVX]

I have an Oly 8080 with PT - 023 housing.

Does anyone have any tips on focusing. It seems that many of my photos are pretty close to being in focus but once I zoom in I find they are slightly out of focus turning a really great shot into only an average shot. In other words, when the image is small they look great but once I print them out on 8.5 x 11 they are slightly out of focus.

While taking a picture, I find the view finder too small to really notice especially underwater.

any advice

thanks

L

 

[AndyT]

Can you give us more info to work with ? What type of shots were they - macro , close up or wide angle . Also what settings were used (shutter , aperture ) on the OOF shots . Which mode was the camera in ?

 

[LVX]

These are all types of shots, some macro, some close up and some far away. For now everything was set to auto.

 

[Wolverine]

can you post some sample shots?? we can have a quick look at it....btw what aperture do you set?

 

[AndyT]

And could you also have a look at the EXIF data on the OOF shots ? Seeing as the camera was set to auto it may have chosen a shutter speed that was too slow to either freeze the action or too slow for you to hold steady enough to avoid blurring .