Is there a trick to focusing this? Even at 3 feet in end-of-afternoon light it shows AF in red. Is something wrong or am I doing something wrong?
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Often times Fuji AF system frustrates me. I hear that XF35mm lens performance might feel better with X-T1 but with my X-E1 your description is really familiar to me. When it happens, I put it in manual focus mode which makes a great photo.
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try and remove battery, clean the lens, then place fresh batteries back. test in well lit area on a 20-30 yard target. good luck
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It seems bright, but at a distance of 4 to 5 feet you'll be shooting at f/ 5.6, ISO 400 And 1/30th to 1/60th of a second. Diffusion would make it almost unusable. Send me an email and I'll send you a photo.
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Yeah same here its all blurry and fuzzy i dont know how to focas it or anything i tried turning the lens but its not work help?
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I converted mine to LED as soon as I got it, I still have an issue with the beam, I haven't been able to adjust the spot out of the D Cell like with the MiniMags either. Sorry I couldn't be of any help
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There is lots to consider here. Where is your ISO set? Set it higher if you can. Also, are you using a flash? You shouldn't, as that will only work for 12-15 feet and make everything beyond it look darker. If you are zoomed it, make sure that you are in optical zoom only, and not in digital zoom. There are at least a few options to try....good luck. SK
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The more I read about it online, the more it sounds like it's the iA 'algorithm' that is slightly flawed. Many blogs/websites all sight setting adjustments as the easy fix. Not so cool for someone like me that was hoping to rely on the iA for my day-to-day pics, but I guess it's a learning opportunity! Good luck yourself, I will say that other than this one issue I love every aspect of the camera. Will play with settings tonight to see if I can crack it.. ~Rich
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it depends on what f-stop your lens goes down to, the lower the number the "faster" or better the lens will take in light in dark situations such as night photos. Also recommend shooting solely from a tripod using a remote or wireless trigger, that might be your "crisp picture" issue.
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I am very impressed with my light. I only use the rechargeable battery as I get the brightest results. There are also 5 light settings which can be chosen by turning the light on and "double clicking" the on/off button 1. Brightest 2. Mid brightness 3. Dimmest setting 4. Flash 5. SOS. you may have it on the wrong setting. Also, the lense slides in and out. Compressed would be a very wide light, making it dimmer. Sliding the lense out (grand the head and tail ends and pull) gives a more direct and brighter beam of light. Also. Your battery or batteries may be close to dead. Try replacing the batteries or recharging the battery. Again I prefer the rechargeable. Lastly. You may not be charging your battery fully. It must remain on the charger until full. When you place the battery in the charger the indicator light will light up red. When full it will change to green. And depending when the last time the battery was charged will take a long time. I work overnights at work once a month so I charge it before my overnights start. When the week is over I don't charge it till the next month. I have had it take 24 hours to fully charge. But that's my doing. I'm sure if you charged it once a week or so it probably won't take as long. I hope this helps. I spent $40 on this light and it's the best $40 I ever spent. I dropped the light in a pond and dropped it from 150ft+ in the air and it still works as new. Very tough and reliable light. Like I said. Hope this helps
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Like the Canon, the lower the light, the more likely focusing will take longer. I found that using the 'focus assist' button (on the camera back - in easy reach) along with manual focus worked best in those conditions.
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Perfectly? 1. Have you been able to use the LCD display to set a timed interval exposure? 2. did you try to use the grip's arrow buttons to move the focus point while in live mode?
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I had the same experience, I was not able to get it to focus at all . I have tried during different time of the night/ and month with no luck.
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The image should not be blurry. Have you checked to make sure there is nothing on the viewfinder area...there is a red dial that can change the focus but i wouldn't think it would be blurry even if that was off slightly.
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There may be film covering the lense or it may have been a low light situation otherwise try a different computer
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I have been trying to do that same thing. Some scenes get messed up by the auto-exposure. A couple steps down in the settings you can change how bright or dark the picture is but that pesky auto-exposure is still active. Let's hope if they ever put up another firmware update that they include that functionality like when they added the timer function.
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It will work , but not AF and you should focusses manually and adjust f manually also.
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I have had the S4500 for just a few weeks. I wear tri-focals and lve. them on while shooting. I just did some testing and here's what I found: With my glasses on, I focused on an object (auto) The Image looked sharp in the viewer, and in "reviewing". I then lined-up another shot - without my glasses, moved the shutter button half-way down - object was blurred but I took the shot anyway. Reviewed it (on the camera back) and it was fine. Conclusion (after two more tests) the camera was focusing correctly regardless of what I was seeing ! Highly recommend you do same testing to confirm. Having checked other review, I agree this model does NOT have a Diopter (previous Fuji model I owned did) but I am already used to this system - but then I'm not a pro! Oh, don't forget when shooting picture of two people, always point the focus-beam at ONE of the faces then "re-frame" while holding shutter btn. half way down. (sorry if I,m stating the obvious!). Good luck. Harry Hilton