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Choosing the autofocus selection mode

Choosing the autofocus selection mode

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Choosing the autofocus selection mode

- Your cameras autofocus is truly amazing. Modern cameras have gotten so good and they can work in very low light. They can also recognize details like faces automatically to help you with focus. Most of the time I rely upon autofocus to get the shot when shooting. The autofocus mechanism can work in several different ways. Let's choose Single Autofocus. Now what happens is, I can choose an area and then half press the shutter button. The camera adjust focus and locks. Now it keeps that and every time I press the shutter button, it's going to lock in and refocus. If we choose a method like Continuous Autofocus, it's going to lock but when shooting burst mode, it will continue to adjust, if the subject you latched in on is moving. So we can have a Single Autofocus method or a Continuous Autofocus method, which works well. That audible beep (beeping) is going to give you the indicator that it's in focus. And you may…

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