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

submitted 11 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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[–] kounterfett@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For street photography a good technique is zone focusing. For example F8 on a 35mm you can pre-set your focus to 8 ft which means that everything from about 5-1/2ft to 15ft away will be in focus. No waiting for your auto-focus to catch the subject, as long as they are withing the zone, it will be in focus.

Here is a site that explains this technique in better detail

https://www.ilfordphoto.com/zone-focusing/