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Think of a zoo where you're trying to capture the picture of an animal.
If you select "full" you'll focus on the fence between you and the animal 99% of the time. Select 12M-->infinite you'll only capture (focus) on things outside of 12m meaning the fence will be "invisible".
Similar with wildlife shots. Lots of times you'll have branches and leaves in front of you between the "shot". Select 12m-->infinite, the camera will ignore close items and allow you to focus on the bird/animal just beyond that length without issues.
It's very helpful.
Also select AF not MF. Let the camera do the work lol.
This is a cool explanation because I thought of this feature mostly for AF speed, and never realized the useful use case of excluding foliage and fences
Yeah... ask me how I learned? LOTS of sharp foliage and blurry birds. Lol.
Read the manual, and viola... lots of focused birds and bokkha leaves.
So now I'm passing on my hard earned knowledge. And lots of missed bird shots!