topic Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:57:43 GMT

Hi. im new to this just trying to find the problem wiht mhy camera

everything seems fine with it, cant find any damage to it. hwne i look through the eye peice to manual focus no matter where i put it, it stays blurry. never had this problem uhntiul now? please help!!

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

kvbarkley — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:09:38 GMT

Did you change the diopter adjustment on the viewfinder?

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

ebiggs1 — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 14:46:26 GMT

"... i look through the eye peice to manual focus ..., it stays blurry."

Does it remain blurry in AF, too? Just manual focus?

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 17:20:51 GMT

i have tried this and it does not help

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 17:22:08 GMT

it remains blurry in AF also

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

Waddizzle — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:35:12 GMT

Are the photos blurry when you use AF?

Is the viewfinder display blurry, as well as the image through the lens?

Have you tried a different lens?

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

kvbarkley — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 23:08:36 GMT

Are the images blurry, or just the viewfinder?

If it is just the viewfinder, the viewfinder screen inside the focusing box may be out of alignment.

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:53:20 GMT

Pictures are great, its jus the veiw finder. is there anyway i could fix it if it is out of alignment?

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

ebiggs1 — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:40:50 GMT

If the diopter wheel doesn't fix it or perhaps it is broken I doubt you are going to fix it yourself. One thing, however, if you wear eye glasses you might try it without them. Try both ways. You could just be out of adjustment range with glasses on.

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

kvbarkley — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:44:53 GMT

You can take the lens off and look at it at the top of the mirror box.

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:08:38 GMT

how would i tell if its out of alignmant? thank you for helping me, i dont kn ow muvh about my cmaera but its killing me that i cant use my eye piece!

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

kvbarkley — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:08:19 GMT

Take off the lens, and with the bottom of the camera towards you look at the screen at the top of the mirror box. Does it seem to be in place?

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

laurakh123 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:16:27 GMT

doesnt look like anything is wrong with it

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

kvbarkley — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:26:19 GMT

Then you probably need to send it in for service. Call Canon.

Re: canon rebel t4i manual focus

Earl_J — Sun, 03 May 2020 18:07:44 GMT

Aloha y'all... and especially Laura...

I know how frustrating not knowing can be about cameras in general... Canon in particular...

When you say manual focus...

...you mean pushing the button on the lense itself to the MF position from the AF position, yes?
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Have you tried focusing with the live view function which uses the view screen behind the camera?
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Additionaly, you are turning the focus ring and not the zoom ring, correct?
The focus ring is actually quite narrow just behind the front lense...
Well, it depends on the sort of lense you have attached....
My kit lense is the 18-55 mm lense... it has a very narrow focus ring at the very front of the lense.
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Turn on your camera, hit the live view button so the rear view screen comes on, and then turn the focus ring.
Let us know what happens...
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By the way, while you are in manual focus and viewiing the rear view screen, if you push the PLUS button on the upper right corner of the rear panel, you can zoom the image in the viewfinder to 5x and 10x viewing to REALLY sharpen your focus! OH, IF you're on a tripod, when you hit the live view button and the PLUS button the first time, it'll bring up a little square. You move the square when you want to focus... then zoom in a bit, adjust your focal box again, then hit it a third time for 10x focusing. Use the buttons around the SET button as directional buttons to move the box OR you point of interest. IT is not zooming the image ONLY the view finder. Take your picture and the spot in the clearest focus should be the point you selected.
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Good luck...
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Until that time. . .