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When do you use manual focus? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by DiablolicalScientist@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I feel like autofocus is so good. Are there times that you use manual focus? When I am looking through the view finder it almost seems impossible to actually manual focus a shot anyway.

Am I doing something wrong here? Just checking. Thank you.

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[–] justglancingaround@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Astro photography! I also use it if I’m using one of my older bodies to make sure I’m hitting critical focus on the subjects eye (portrait). You are absolutely right that auto focus is so damn good now. I like to manual focus and have always enjoy shooting old analog film cameras. Although that is more just for nostalgia at this point and not for professional work ever.