Sorry Crazyfingers, forgot the 'spot'. On the same S menu, highlight 'metering' and open it--scroll to 'spot' hit ok.
Humm...Maybe after things have been turned off you should try again just for the fun of it.For some reason the camera doesn't let me in there. When I scroll though the various options under S, it skips over Metering. I did change the AF (autofocus) to Center. I tried to change AF to something that would let me into the metering menu but nothing seemed to work.
I just had an unrelated (to this thread) reason to go back to some photos i took a few years back in Panama with my then only camera, a Nikon Coolpix 4500. I had forgotten just how low a percentage of keepers I got :eek!: :-C :-C :-C
I think the main reason was that the so called spot focus still was using a rather large area of the sensor, so it was impossible to predict just what the camera focused on.
That trip was the direct cause that I purchased my Pana fz18!
Niels
I don't understand why it's so hard for the Nikon to focus.
Here is an example. This dove was willing to sit on this branch for quite a long time while I tried to take its picture. I got one good shot, attached, out of about 10 shots and about 40-50 attempts to get the camera to focus. I tried S, Auto, Auto scene select, etc...
This shouldn't be that hard.
Hi Hobbes,
I just flew there and back really fast and got the info you requested: |=)|
Camera Maker: NIKON
Camera Model: COOLPIX P100
Image Date: 2011-03-13 16:54:14 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 120mm (35mm equivalent: 678mm)
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
ISO equiv: 466
Exposure Bias: +1.00 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Thank you for that observation. I had the blue focus square right on it's belly every time. It just wouldn't focus but for that one photo.
that may explain why it didnt focus. The camera uses contrast to achieve focus, and as there is no contrast change on the doves chest it would have found it hard. Try focusing on a blank wall, and then try focusing on the edge of a door for example.
toad
Hi SueO, I don't see how this will help you, but I thought I might throw it out there and maybe somebody else can come up with an answer. In my opinion, the camera hasn't focused on the bird, but the vertical branch behind and to the left of the bird. To my eyes, that is sharper than the subject.