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

submitted 10 months 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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[–] mc_sandwich@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I use MF most of the time. Only when the subject is moving do use AF. Like at the rodeo or a race.

I have a Sony so when I adjust focus the screen zooms in to assist get what the user wants in focus. I all enable the red outlines that help see what is in focus.

I find those features help me get precisely what I want in focus where as AF can be off.