Can anything be done about the close fish being out of focus ?.
Hi Nelson, you have some options for increasing the depth of field (amount of space in focus before and after the focal plane):
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close the diaphragm more, if you are using f 5.6 then try f 8 or f 11, more you close more 'space before and after is being in focus)
- try to shut with
wider lenses, or wider position of zoom. A 18 mm lenses will have more depth of field than a 50mm, if you use a 90mm the space in focus will be much smaller.
- increasing the ISO sometimes is 'better' because allow us to close the diaphragm without loosing speed. With that camera i would leave in auto mode, even with iso 800 or 1600 most of situations the noise is very low.
- with that camera you can put lenses focus in manual mode and make it by hand (slowly turn your finger), try it!
Remember, always get fun working with the camera! They are here to serve us and not the opposite!
cheers