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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How do I get better at manual focusing? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by garlic_bread_thief@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I have a 50mm prime lens that's really awful at focusing. How do I learn to manually focus for street photography?

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[–] VincibleAndy@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

What camera?

Focus peaking, a focus screen, punch in on focus, all of these things can make it dramatically easier.

But you still need to practice. After a while it becomes muscle memory to hit distances an you refine by eye. Zone focusing is also a thing.