Autofocus – OOF (out of focus) is usually operator related!
http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00SDk1
I saw a post today on another website (OK, so it was photo.net) where the author complained that his Canon had rendered 1/3 of his pictures in low light useless, b/c they were out of focus. They had been shot w/ a 2.8 lens in low light. He attributed the OOF to the autofocus of the camera and was ready to ditch it and buy another one.
In the meantime, any pictures that I’ve ever shot where parts that I didn’t intend to be out of focus were (and the othe way round) were ALWAYS operator related. I hate to say it. Autofocus can only do so much in low light, and once I’ve got it to focus, I nowadays usually switch AF off and leave it on manual until I’m ready to, well, change focus.
One time I photographed a theater performance with my Leica v-Lux1. I had it on ISO1600 and in idiot mode (i.e. full program mode), as I’m using that camera for a point-and-shoot. [Of note: the person I live w/ cringes when I say that, as he knows what kind of a camera that is...] Anyway, the entire time it sent a red beam across the stage to meter and focus, and repeatedly I had to switch to MF (manual focus) in order to keep it from readjusting.
Bottom line: don’t ditch the camera, give it to somebody else. Or better: send it to me!
