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HOW TO FOCUS MANUALLY

Autofocus (AF) is an effective and convenient low light, when some AF systems struggle to
tool, but there are times when it is easier or stay accurate. All lenses designed for DSLRs
necessary to focus manually. Manual focus and CSCs have a focus ring that can be
(MF) allows you to focus on exactly what you switched to MF. Once set to MF, turn the
want to in a scene, instead of what the camera focus ring on the lens to adjust focus, and
decides, and it can also help when shooting in check that the focal point is sharp.

Increased accuracy

Using your camera’s MF option is far more than just a backup to the ▼ Autofocus can struggle with
AF system. Careful manual focusing, particularly when shooting macro, fine detail or when the focal
point of the image is small,
ensures greater accuracy than autofocus. It is also the key to success such as the stamens of this
with techniques such as setting hyperfocal distance. Finally, focusing flower. The AF points in a DSLR
manually is often the only way that a lens can be focused when you viewfinder are also relatively
few in number and tend to be
are using adapted lenses on a CSC (see pp.108–09). inconveniently spaced out.

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