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Need help with a digital camera.. Anonymous
Hello /p/
First off I am no photographer, complete idiot for lack of a better term

I obtained a Sony DSC-H3 digital camera a few days ago, and I am curious about the focus on the camera
When I zoom in on lets say, a battery from a few feet away, I expected the camera to give me a very clean and sharp picture of it, but while I hold down the shutter button half way to let the camera focus, it starts to get it very sharp, then goes to super blurry and it thinks thats the right focus

Is there any way I can make it so I have control over the focus? or is there a lens I can get to make it so?

It supports 55mm lenses
What do I do /p/?
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
it's in the manual. i promise you. read it front to back. thirty minutes will save you two months of trying to figure it out on your own.

and the dsc-h3 can only focus on something three feet away or greater when you're zoomed in. the reason it looks sharp is because you're probably like, 2'10" away and the camera can ALMOST focus.

or you might be in really low light.
>> Anonymous
You are mostly correct.
I own a dsch-1 and if I'm not mistaken sony has optional 'conversion' lenses (macro, wide angle) for this model of the cybershot.

There definitely is a focus setting you should be using though, no special lens needed.
>> Anonymous
>>116765
Conversion lenses are a common point of misconception among beginners. The camera companies like to play them off like interchangeable lenses so that people think they're getting more camera than they really are. They are not the same thing as interchangeable lenses, they are accessory converters that modify the lens that's permanently attached to the camera.

Any camera that has filter threads is compatible with conversion lenses, and it doesn't matter what brand or model you use. Any 55mm conversion lens will fit any camera with 55mm filter threads.

They tend to degrade image quality significantly while reducing light transmission through the lens, and adding flare, so they're not generally looked well upon in the photographic community.

While technically a conversion lens is a "lens," in photo jargon a "lens" refers specifically to an interchangeable lens and conversion lenses are usually simply known as "converters."
>> Anonymous
>>116761
Most cameras above the fashion-toy level have manual focus, even if not by a ring. This one probably does somewhere.
>> Anonymous
OP here
After looking in the manual for a good amount of time, I failed to find anything regarding the focus/focus settings

:(

but basically, I have to be zoomed out (no zoom) and have the close up marco on, in good lighting?