problems with 10.1 mp olympus stylus 1010

[jkreefer]

I recently took a trip to Costa Rica and I decided to buy a recomended compact point and shoot for the trip rather than taking my bulky dslr that might get damaged and it was a backpacking trip so I needed compactability.

Anyway, my problem was that alot of the time I had problems with focusing. It would happen upclose or far away, and the problem was that it would auto focus and go beyond the focused image and stay there. I realize sometimes you have something else that the camera is focusing on but it would happen even when there were no obstrutions. Any Ideas if I have some setting thats not right or is the camera possibly defective?

Any help would be appriciated. Thanks, Jeff

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

It sounds like the auto focus is just front focusing to an extreme measure. This, if it is indeed the problem, would fall under defectiveness.

 

[jkreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14669626#post14669626 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TitusvileSurfer
It sounds like the auto focus is just front focusing to an extreme measure. This, if it is indeed the problem, would fall under defectiveness.

is there a way to be sure?

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Google "battery focus test"

 

[jkreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14669970#post14669970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TitusvileSurfer
Google "battery focus test"

I'm not sure I understand. Buy 3-5 batteries and take test pictures with each one? Doesnt exactly sound cost effective with a possible defective camera?

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Throwing away a camera that is not defected seems a lot less cost effective than paying $3 for 5 batteries. Come on, you are an electrician. Don't tell me you don't have a couple batteries laying around the house. This test is easily done wrong, which in turn gives inaccurate results, so do your homework and make sure you do it right.

 

[jkreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14670711#post14670711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TitusvileSurfer
Throwing away a camera that is not defected seems a lot less cost effective than paying $3 for 5 batteries. Come on, you are an electrician. Don't tell me you don't have a couple batteries laying around the house. This test is easily done wrong, which in turn gives inaccurate results, so do your homework and make sure you do it right.

Gottcha, unfortunatly my camera doesnt take AA or AAA batterys. It takes a special flat battery that is chargable. Each battery costs about $40

Thanks for your help.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

No no no no no no. You didn't Google "battery focus test" like I told you to. You are supposed to take pictures of the batteries, lined up in a row a certain equal distance from one another. You don't take pictures of random things with different batteries powering your camera.

 

[noobtothereef]

i have the same exact problem with the same exact camera.......bummer.....