Bill, my default setting for point and shoot quick shots is between a 1.5 and 2.0 zoom depending on water depth and I haven’t really noticed an issue generally. However I have not really tried no zoom as I normally find it too wide but I will give it a try in Fiji in a few months, I can hardly wait. It will be interesting to see if it still picks up small items in the water with no zoom.

Carol, to my surprise I am on wide but thought I was on spot! I think I might have changed it some time ago because the fish doesn’t always oblige and stay in the center of the screen and you end up with a potentially very out of focus image, but as you say there are ways around that. On wide if the subject is clear enough it seems to usually pick it. On the other hand I am suspecting if debris etc. comes anywhere on the screen wide setting would tend to pick it up – my problem. On the spot, debris would have to cross the center focus area which is more unlikely. I will definitely give it a try next trip.

Thanks again.

Also half press the shutter, and you should see the green square on your subject. If it’s not selecting what I want, then sometimes I’ll focus quickly on something else, and then back to the fish I actually want. It seems to work but you have to be quick and might not have worked in your case but worth a try next time.