blurry self-portrait

[rjsphd]

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I need to take a self-portrait. For now, I don't have access to my Leica tethered release or to the iPhone foto a. (I am hoping to solve the latter with a firmware upgrade later.)

So I set the shutter to 12 second timer, push the release, jump into the frame, and lo and behold, all of my self-portrait attempts are out of focus.  

Clearly this is ignorance on my part.  I have the following settings: iAF or AFc; eye detection on; AF Profile Children/Pets;  aperture priority.  

I will work around this with the tether or foto, but am really curious what I am doing wrong with camera settings.

Thanks in advance,

R

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[Siriusone59]

First, I don't have the SL but I've had the same experience with another AF camera.  Turned out that the camera selected its focus when I pressed the shutter release...but there was no subject present at that time.  Then it took the exposure 10sec later with the focus on the wall behind the subject.

[FrankX]

vor 35 Minuten schrieb rjsphd:

I need to take a self-portrait. For now, I don't have access to my Leica tethered release or to the iPhone foto a. (I am hoping to solve the latter with a firmware upgrade later.)

So I set the shutter to 12 second timer, push the release, jump into the frame, and lo and behold, all of my self-portrait attempts are out of focus.  

Clearly this is ignorance on my part.  I have the following settings: iAF or AFc; eye detection on; AF Profile Children/Pets;  aperture priority.  

I will work around this with the tether or foto, but am really curious what I am doing wrong with camera settings.

Thanks in advance,

R

Did you use the self timer? In that case, the camera focuses only once when you press the shutter button.

Solution: Use interval timer + AFc + Eye-AF! Works great!

Best, Frank

Edited January 4, 2023 by FrankX

[rjsphd]

21 minutes ago, FrankX said:

Did you use the self timer? In that case, the camera focuses only once when you press the shutter button.

Solution: Use interval timer + AFc + Eye-AF! Works great!

Best, Frank

Bingo.  Thank you