I have a nikon D40 and when i zoom in too close to an object it wont let me take the picture. Sometimes it focuses and other times it doesn't but either way it wont let me take a picture if im too close. How come?
You're probably just too close to the edge of how close you can be. Is it in range (with some margin) if you use manual focus?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Macro?
If the lens/camera can't find something to focus on, it won't let you take the picture (autofocus). What lens are you using?
18-55 lens
there is a minimum focal distance, printed somewhere on the lense.NeXuS wrote:
18-55 lens
for the canon 18-55, it's .25M or .8 feet
you gotta tap tap that focus button so it will focus
Am I right in assuming you mean it won't take a photo when you get too close to something? (as opposed to it taking a photo at the 18mm end of the lens, but it doesn't once you zoom the lens to 55mm).
In which case,
Anyway, what are you trying to photograph?
In which case,
This. All lenses have a minimum focusing distance - an artifact of their optical design. It's physically impossible to focus on anything when it's closer than this distance. If you are shooting with auto-focus on, as ebug said, your camera won't let the shutter open unless it has focused on something.burnzz wrote:
there is a minimum focal distance, printed somewhere on the lense.NeXuS wrote:
18-55 lens
for the canon 18-55, it's .25M or .8 feet
Anyway, what are you trying to photograph?
Manual focus = problem solved.
Me.mcminty wrote:
Am I right in assuming you mean it won't take a photo when you get too close to something? (as opposed to it taking a photo at the 18mm end of the lens, but it doesn't once you zoom the lens to 55mm).
In which case,This. All lenses have a minimum focusing distance - an artifact of their optical design. It's physically impossible to focus on anything when it's closer than this distance. If you are shooting with auto-focus on, as ebug said, your camera won't let the shutter open unless it has focused on something.burnzz wrote:
there is a minimum focal distance, printed somewhere on the lense.NeXuS wrote:
18-55 lens
for the canon 18-55, it's .25M or .8 feet
Anyway, what are you trying to photograph?
Yeah, it requires that much of a close-up
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Im taking picture of random close up things.
NeXuS wrote:
Im taking picture of random close up things.
If you're too close and it can't focus, it won't let you take a picture.Freezer7Pro wrote:
You're probably just too close to the edge of how close you can be. Is it in range (with some margin) if you use manual focus?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
i demand some kind of evidenceNeXuS wrote:
Im taking picture of random close up things.