How to Pick Your Own Focus Point
Today’s auto focus systems are pretty darn good at picking what to focus on in your scene, but they’re not perfect, and they can’t read your mind. That’s why, sometimes, instead of letting the camera choose what it thinks you want in focus, you might just want to tell the camera what to focus on yourself. You do this by moving the focus point that appears when you look in your viewfinder (or on your LCD screen if you’re shooting in Live View mode) right over the thing you want in focus. For example, let’s say you’re shooting a street scene in a city, and your camera wants to focus on the wall in the center of the ...
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