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Tagged with focus-point-selection focus
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Distant objects not in focus
This is almost certainly my fault, not the camera. I mostly shoot landscapes with myself in the foreground via a small tripod:
My former camera was a Sony A5000 and for these kinds of shots (see ...
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What could cause the focus to be off in some images and not others?
I took a number of photos like the one here. Each was at the same settings but each time I asked the camera to focus (with a single focus point) and the focus point right on the girls face. The ...
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Focus in Analog and Digital Cameras [duplicate]
Why a subject not in focus in the viewfinder of an analog camera is seen as two misaligned half circles, while in that of a digital camera is evenly blurred?
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How to identify main subject of the photo and set focus?
I am using Nikon D5600.
While on street photo shoot, I clicked a couple of photos and submitted on one of the stock photo website. Few photos got approved whereas few were rejected with a comment.
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Is it necessary to use focus point selection if I use back button focusing?
I'm a beginner in photography who just started using back button focusing.
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Is recomposing ideal rather than changing focus point?
As a beginner in photography I’ve stumbled across several videos stating that the center point is the sharpest and most accurate point as apposed to the others.
I’ve seen many photographers take ...
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How to use focus points in manual focus mode on Canon EOS 6D?
I just got my first DSLR, a Canon EOS 6D with 50mm f1.8 lens.
I'm tring to learn by watching YouTube, but have some questions.
When I use the lens on MF and the body on MF, I can't focus using the ...
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Best technique for taking sharp photos with only a few auto focus points? [duplicate]
I have some Canon APS-C cameras which only have 9 or 11 AF points and I find the focus points are mostly in the center of the view finder. I work around it by finding the closest point, half-pressing ...
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How can I effectively use the focus points (of Canon DSLR), to get accurate focus on a small subject?
I'm shooting birds with my Canon 1200D and 55-250mm lens.
I know this is not ideal lens and focal length for bird photography. But I am new to this field and before investing on expensive equipment, ...
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How do I take a sharp picture of a large crowd of faces?
I've been asked to take a picture of my church (the people, not the building we meet in). They're renting a lift I can use to get adequate height to fit all ~250 people into the frame, but I'm kind of ...
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I don't need anything to be blurred. I need everything to be focused [duplicate]
The scene is at the distance of say 10 feet. I own Nikon d7200 and a lens of 18-140 mm.
There are three cats here and there (not together), but many of my images focused on one/two cats and not all ...
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How can I focus when my camera is on a tripod and none of the focus points line up?
Today I was shooting two persons with my camera (Canon 7D) on a tripod.
One person, the one I wanted to be in focus, was composed so far out of the center that
I don't have any focus point close to ...
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Which focus mode should I use for a portrait shoot?
I have to do a portrait shoot for a friend. My camera (Pentax K-30) allows me to focus in the following modes:
1 focus point (center)
11 auto focus points
5 auto focus points
I haven't yet ...
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Nikon D3300 - Trouble Focusing on Birds both Stationary & Moving
I would like to know how to correct for the problem of capturing moving (or even stationary) birds amid foliage.
Too often I end up with a blur even when I use a fast shutter under bright sunlight.
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Auto focus vs Single Continuous/Point focus
I'm using a D600. Sometimes, having the ability to select my focus point is good. However, in certain situations, moments can be lost when you're framing or moving the focus point to the subject in ...
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How does autofocus point selection relate to manual focus?
Every lens I have comes with an auto-focus / manual focus switch. How should it be used if I am shooting on AV mode? If I were to select one of the focus points, do I need to have the lens on auto-...
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Aperture priority mode in high speed lens while photographing more than one person
I use 50mm f/1.8 lens(with Canon T3i) for portraiture. It's quite easy when only one subject is involved :Open the aperture wide, focus on the eyes(most of the times) and you get a nice portrait.
How ...
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How do Canon 600D and 650D compare with respect to focus points types?
My photographic style is action, and according to a website that I read I need at least 9 focus points to get better photos.
I'm considering getting a Canon EOS 650D, but it turns out that it has ...
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Is there a way to use phase detection AF with live view on a Canon EOS camera?
On any of the EOS xx(x)D model that has the live view function, can the camera make focus using the AF collimators (instead of using contrast detection), as it's possible on the old Nikon D300 ?
If ...
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How do you use the different autofocus points on your DSLR?
My Nikon D300 has quite a few autofocus points. There's a button I can operate with my thumb to change the autofocus point but I find that quite difficult to use. So I almost exclusively use the ...
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How do I determine focus points in Adobe Lightroom?
Not sure if this is possible or not in Adobe Lightroom. I would like to see the focus points chosen by my Canon DSLR. I am guessing this is stored somewhere in the EXIF, but I'm not certain. I find ...
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How do I select a focus point on the Nikon D5000?
My Nikon D5000 has 11 selectable focus points but shamefully I don't know how to choose another point other than the center point.
How can I do this?
Am I misunderstanding concepts?
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What is the meaning of having 9 focus points and how to see where they are?
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS is said to have 9 focus points. I haven't seen any setting which shows all those points on the screen or anywhere.
How and what are those remaining 8 focus points used for?
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Why would I want to select an autofocus point?
I'm trying to understand why I would ever want to select an auto focus point other then the center point. I have a Canon XTI Rebel DSLR which has 9 auto-focus points, but I'm also looking into getting ...
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Can more than one focus point be selected?
Nowadays days, almost every DSLR camera comes with many focal points — 9, 11, 22 etc. Many of them provide us with settings to manually chose a focus point while shooting images, apart from the auto-...
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