Comments on: Turn Off Autofocus – Do it Yourself! http://www.photographybay.com/2009/07/03/turn-off-autofocus-do-it-yourself/ The latest in digital photography and camera reviews, news and rumors for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:38:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kenneth Hoffman http://www.photographybay.com/2009/07/03/turn-off-autofocus-do-it-yourself/#comment-175078 Kenneth Hoffman Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:51:27 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/?p=6166#comment-175078 When I was photographing weddings, I used to prefocus manually on a certain pew as the bride and bridesmaids came down the aisle. This allowed me to capture a nice smile at the focus point because the camera reacts much faster with prefocus. This also works with moving objects in sports photography. When I was photographing weddings, I used to prefocus manually on a certain
pew as the bride and bridesmaids came down the aisle. This allowed me to capture a nice smile at the focus point because the camera reacts much faster with prefocus. This also works with moving objects in sports photography.

]]> By: Ibrahim http://www.photographybay.com/2009/07/03/turn-off-autofocus-do-it-yourself/#comment-174834 Ibrahim Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:22:55 +0000 http://www.photographybay.com/?p=6166#comment-174834 Great post Chris! that's really something we photographers need to consider... although i totally agree with you, but lots of time i see manual focusing -specially in action (such as the pillow fight...etc)- is time consuming and you may miss the shot, since the auto-focus will focus on your target faster (assuming you've selected the centre point of focus). I can't imagine doing manual focus all the way is faster to have a sharp focus on your subject from the viewfinder, isn't taking more time to make sure your subject is in focus? regards, Great post Chris! that’s really something we photographers need to consider…
although i totally agree with you, but lots of time i see manual focusing -specially in action (such as the pillow fight…etc)- is time consuming and you may miss the shot, since the auto-focus will focus on your target faster (assuming you’ve selected the centre point of focus). I can’t imagine doing manual focus all the way is faster to have a sharp focus on your subject from the viewfinder, isn’t taking more time to make sure your subject is in focus?

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