Timeline for How to focus manually when you don't have a live view in the DSLR?
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| Dec 22, 2011 at 6:01 | vote | accept | Aquarius_Girl | ||
| Dec 22, 2011 at 6:01 | comment | added | user2719 | Oops. Apparently, in the D3000 manual you want to look for "How do I choose the focus point". All my other Nikon manuals use "single area" in the terminology. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 5:46 | comment | added | user2719 | Certainly. If you have the PDF version of the manual, search for "Single area" -- that will tell you how to put your camera into single (selectable) area autofocus mode. Yes, I know you're in manual focus mode, but you need to be able to select which AF sensor will be active. You can then use the multi selector (the four-way rocker switch) to select an AF point -- it will be highlighted in the viewfinder. Choose one closest to where your desired point of focus is, then move the camera slightly if necessary and adjust focus until the green light comes on. Then recompose and shoot. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 5:35 | comment | added | Aquarius_Girl | Can we "select" which thing out of 20 we want in focus? | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 5:30 | history | answered | user2719 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |