Difficult Focus

[John Matten]

Advice please on which is the best focus mechanism to use with a basic lense not macro
Cobwebs seem so difficult to get a sharp focus

[AdrenoJunkie]

If your camera has Live View then go into LiveView Mode and zoom in 5 or 10x, with the zoom button not your lens, and manually focus. If you don't have Live View manual focus is still the way to go.

[NgaiHill]

Try focussing on the stalk of the plant the cobweb is on. Or put something immediately behind the web - your hand, or someone else's! A piece of card or even a large leaf. Use that to help focus, lock the focus, pull the hand/card/leaf away and shoot.

[Preeb]

Some exif data would be nice too, to know what aperture and shutter speed was used.