[anon(153966)]

Using this new technique certainly helps...

[dejanh]

Mr. Cheery weighs in.

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I prefer Mr. Real.

[Mercury]

Next time, learn to share and don't be selfish.

I didn't realize people had issues with holding the shutter button to focus... it's like a regular camera, you hold the button down to focus, unless you have an DSLR.

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[Stomps01]

Nice find!

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[jafobabe]

Great Find and works like a charm!

[wincyUt]

I didn't realize people had issues with holding the shutter button to focus... it's like a regular camera, you hold the button down to focus, unless you have an DSLR.

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That's why it's always good never to take anything for granted in life. Things that may seem ordinary to one person may indeed be complex to another.

[tp2386]

Awesome tip. Thanks OP.

[Madhuchandran]

Holding the shutter button down locks the focus, not necessarily to our choice. I would rather tap my chosen area of desired focus.

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[Al Paquito]

Wow! Thanks a lot for this! Works great!

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[gary_stortz]

Wow, it works.

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[woodsfloyd]

Works great for me thanks :-)

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[gquan14]

Can someone remind me if there are differences in exposure between using the on screen shutter, the space bar or the volume rockers? If I remember correctly the up and down buttons had a longer exposure time to take in more light for better shots, but I could be wrong.

[non-vtec]

Works even on my z30.

Thanks!

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[b1aine]

Thanks....it works great.

[moegh]

Or keep pressing on the place u want to focus on, the focus square will be locked

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[rolojr1]

Nice tip read about it this morning and been trying it all day. It works thanks a lot. I will say the last update improved upon the camera overall this tip takes it further along than I could have imagined.

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[Sallem]

Thanks it even focuses in the outer darkness. Great find.

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[BallJohnsonDance]

It didn't work for me but thanks for the tip

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[mustangh2o]

Thanks for the tip! I tried this on Camera++ and it doesn't work the same way.

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[bb10_fan]

Thanks for the tip! I tried this on Camera++ and it doesn't work the same way.

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In Camera++ you can use auto focusing instead of continuous auto. in that case camera will focus only when you tap on screen

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[SV_Trinity]

I only see a CONTINUOUS setting for video and not for stills. Regardless, I never had any issues until recently with 10.3.2.2226. Holding the shutter button on my Passport never attains focus (green). Releasing the shutter takes the picture (but not focused), THEN the green box appears AFTER the picture is taken!

[pttptppt]

Thanks for sharing!

I've actually been doing this forever, thinking that everyone knew about this

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[Easypants]

Great find but as some one else mentioned, the BlackBerry help guides and tutorials should emphasize this more so that customers aren't frustrated.

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[A905990]

None of the above methods worked for me but I have an alternative solution that works on my Passport about 90% of the time:

1- Turn the camera on.
2- Block the camera lens with your finger completely for 3-4 seconds and remove your finger.
3- Aim at an object (preferably well-lit) 3 m or so away from you and wait for the camera to focus.
4- It should start focusing from now on.
5- If the camera does not focus, turn the camera off and go to step 1.

After I was so frustrated with this problem, I found this fix by chance but as I said, it doesn't always work

[Rudolf von Waldenfels]

Thank you very much! Solved a big problem for me....

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