Highlander1 Junior Member  29 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: West Highlands More info | Mar 18, 2007 14:53 | #1 When doing the wee close up bits on my boys model train set the cammera took ages to focus I pressed the shutter but it kept flashing and focusing in and out but wouldn't take picture I turned it off and back on problem solved could this be the start of a problem.
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Hermeto Cream of the Crop  6,674 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada More info | Mar 18, 2007 15:09 | #2  Permanent banEvery lens has minimal focus distance, most likely, you were too close . What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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RoyC Goldmember  2,088 posts Likes: 21 Joined Aug 2005 Location: N.Devon, UK More info | Mar 18, 2007 15:31 | #3 Yep, I agree you were probably nearer than the minimum focus distance of the lens. TOP BIRD SHOTS
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Nick_C Goldmember  4,042 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Tin Mine Country (Cornwall UK) More info | Mar 18, 2007 15:33 | #4 If you were trying to autofocus on a flat area with no detail or contrast difference it could have been the problem, or as others have said too darn close
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Cheers guys It happened once before when taking picture of an otters halt and tracks under licence of course so lots of similar foliage around and again working almost vertical taking pictures of ground level.
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