[litboat]

live view gets me on to of the seeds in bird feeder ,then when i try manul focus,every thing gets blurry as i try to come into the same spot .is it me !last manual camera i had was a yashia g35 god im getting old

[photolady95]

Check your focus points in the camera controls. If you're using those 11 points, it could be misfocusing for you. For birds at the feeder, I use spot metering.

[NaClH2O]

live view gets me on to of the seeds in bird feeder ,then when i try manul focus,every thing gets blurry as i try to come into the same spot .is it me !last manual camera i had was a yashia g35 god im getting old

Hi litboat, welcome to the forum! Like photolady said above, make sure you are on center focus. I'm an old geezer too, and I found I get better results if I forego live view completely and rely only on the viewfinder. It works better for me. If you want to (re) learn manual focusing I can suggest a series of exercises that will really help. They are pretty boring but they get the job done. They were written up by a gentleman named Godfrey over at DPR. He was (and still may be, I don't visit there much anymore) a prolific poster there and a good photographer. Here is a link to those exercises: focus here

NaCl(good luck and let us know how you make out)H2O

[litboat]

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[litboat]

Thank you