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

I feel like I SHOULD start using Manual focus when i photograph my friends band. The drummer is also a vocalist but as tends to be the case with drummers, he is stationary and more towards the back (when compared to the rest of the band).

I shoot with a D500 and love it! However, there's tons where I use Single Point Focus to focus on his face but after looking at the shots, some have the drum kit in front if him in focus and some have the wall behind him in focus (I shoot at 2.8 do it's a little noticeable when something other than his face is sharp)

Maybe it's a calibration thing but perhaps next time I just need to stay stationary for a song, manually focus on his face and get all my drummer shots in one song.