My Kodak Z710 ( non SLR) camera didn't focus on a distant waterfall ,instead it faded it out ,the foreground stuff was OK but through the openning in the trees I could see a waterfall but not through my viewfinder ,it was like a washed out shot over exposed a lot . I was at a remote spot where I was surrounded by trees but had a clear shot at a distant waterfall about a third of a mile away. I wanted to get my dog and fire pit in the photo so I got a lot of the trees that surrounded my spot into the photo also ( which I wanted ) . My camera has X10 magnification so I zoomed in to about X 7 to bring the waterfall ( wapta falls ) into focus, instead it didnt show them clearly , if I walked forward to the edge of the cliff it was OK as there were no trees in the photo just mostly the distant waterfall. Should I have put the back lite feature on? Or ajusted the aperature and/or shutter speed ? Im not there now and am experimenting with what this camera can do before I decide if I should get an inexpensive DSLR camera. This camera lets me ajust aperature ,and shutter speeds and iso.s . Im new at anything but point and shoot . And like the idea of taking unusual photos , but maybe this Kodak is all I need ???
Neil