Photography How-to

[Thompson]

Is there any way to avoid focusing on one point? It focuses on one point and everything except that point is just blurry enough that you can hardly make out the letters and numbers.

Hmmmm, you say you're out at f/18? Are you running a telephoto (zoom) lens? If so, that can affect Depth of Field (all in focus vs not). Even if so, at f/18 it shouldn't be that that out of focus (blurry) as you say.

Did you mean to say f/1.8?