Originally posted by sany Can the seniors suggest what I am doing wrong here. My second day playing with the K-r. If you see this picture, the face is focussed in the centre but on the sides it looks blurred - can you advice what I should do to get the full face in focus.
Second Question: say I have selected the right side focusing points on the side then does this mean the right edge of the picture will get focus?
I think the 1st thing you must realize, the 35mm lens you are using is not the best to take closeup photos. Also, like others pointed out, some movement occurred that caused what should have been sharp to blur slightly.
Depth Of Field is a direct relationship with the camera distance to your subject. If your photo (attached) is an uncropped image, then I would think, with a 35mm lens, you were very close to your daughter. Even if you used f5.6 or 8, being that close to your subject will still get you a lot of Out Of Focus area; and using f2.4 at that distance can only guaranty
maybe a couple of inches of DOF but if you were to step back a few feet and use the same settings, more of your daughters face and head would come into focus. (and you can always crop for the final image)
I see you also have a Tamron zoom, that lens set at @ 50-100mm wide open will probably offer you better results, with most if not all of your image nicely focused... assuming the light is just right