Comments on Nokia E71 Blog For Fanatics: Autofocus On The E71 - Where Is It?

hi, my nokia E71 is working with good autofocus fe...

2011-06-13T21:24:12.813-07:00

hi,
my nokia E71 is working with good autofocus feature.but before few days after pressing "T" it is not working. I have hard reset and soft reset phone but not working please help me.....

honestly I dont see any difference between using A...

2010-09-03T07:34:37.220-07:00

honestly I dont see any difference between using AF or not, the picture was still blur, especially when I captured a page in a text book.

ardian I think they chose the T buton just becaus...

2010-07-27T00:39:19.460-07:00

ardian

I think they chose the T buton just because it is close to the scroll keys. so that the user finds it easy to shoot after the focusing

Was bitten by this today, found the 't' fr...

2009-10-05T05:45:50.828-07:00

Was bitten by this today, found the 't' from online help in the camera itself. I think 't' comes from 'tarkenna', which means 'focus' in finncrypt(). What a superb user interface win, I bet there are tons of people who think e71 macro is just unsuably poor quality.

Hello Thanks for your helo with the 't' button.....

2009-05-04T07:57:00.000-07:00

Hello

Thanks for your helo with the 't' button...

I thought as well that my cellphone was broken..

thank you

Reply to Mike, "Really I have no idea why the E71 ...

2008-08-29T09:38:00.000-07:00

Reply to Mike, "Really I have no idea why the E71 does autofocus by itself without having to press anything. And I don't know why they chose the T button either. If anyone knows share your thoughts."

Comment: "Not only 71 uses the 'T/2' key for autofocus, my previous 61i use this kinda method too. Which I think is due to the slim design fact that the hardware for halfpress autof is not able to fit in. If you ever tried breaking a phone apart (those with halfpress autof key) you will find it close to impossible for the parts to fit in to 61i, not mentioning 71."
PS hope this can be a answer to ya ",)

I also find it highly annoying that this focus doe...

2008-08-14T02:00:00.000-07:00

I also find it highly annoying that this focus does not work automatically. It is hardly "auto"-focus. :-)

I think the T is used to compensate the lack of de...

2008-07-31T14:37:00.000-07:00

I think the T is used to compensate the lack of dedicated camera button like on the N85 where you can half press to focus and the fully depress the button to capture.

Cheers!
RayanMX

One typical of the feature of autofocus is to be a...

2008-07-31T00:23:00.000-07:00

One typical of the feature of autofocus is to be able to lock it to something that isn't in the centre of the viewfinder - for example when your main object isn't in the middle of your picture. In these cases you'd use T or the "middle step" in the button of other cameras and phones to lock the focus, re-frame the picture and then take it. If the d-pad refocused each time you pressed it it would ruin these shots.

That said, there's no reason why the E71 couldn't have been clever enough to realise when you had done this and focus itself if it hadn't already been done manually. My only thought is that the shooter may not want autofocus to kick in for speed reasons, and the T button gives them this choice.

Nope, Missed that one too man.

2008-07-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

Nope, Missed that one too man.