Comments on: When is Manual Focus Better than Auto Focus?

By: Maximina Pirie

Maximina Pirie — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:30:43 +0000

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By: Manny Focus

Manny Focus — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:22:34 +0000

There is no way you can manual focus better than auto. You may be able to manual focus brilliantly but as far as sharpness you’ll never beat algorithms built into the chip. You’re only fooling yourself into thinking you’re a giant among small people.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:14:50 +0000

Thanks for this advice. My wife and I recently completed a cruise around NZ and I made a deliberate choice to ONLY use manual except at night on board the ship. Almost all of my photos turned out fantastic (for my level) and I am still learning so thanks for the reenforcement of the concept of manual.

By: Dennis Mecham

Dennis Mecham — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:38 +0000

By simply using manual focus cameras only the problems of accurate focus vanish as long as the camera and lens are in good working order. By taking a little time to develop enough craft any photographer can get perfect focusing every time. Automated features are not a substitute for learning how to operate a camera. I have also observed, mostly through other photographers, that manual focus lens seem to have a much longer life as they seem to be more solidly built.

I myself use only completely manually operated cameras. When I was shooting 35mm I did find that auto exposure could be a useful tool.

Keep shooting.

By: Alessandra

Alessandra — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:58:50 +0000

Thank you, this was extremely useful. Long ago I had a fully manual camera and now that I use DLRs I am so used to the Automatic Focus that I had almost forgotten how to use Manual! Thanks!

By: gem

gem — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:55:23 +0000

I agree with jim and others above, some lenses, like my super zoom, have trouble focusing at low light (including fluorescent-lighted) conditions even with flash assist so I use manual focusing. If it’s extremely dark, I light the subject with a flashlight to help me manual focus since flash assist is of no use..

For fast action photography with good amount of light, I have to disagree with the blog. I rarely screw a shot using the camera’s continuous auto-focus (AI-Servo for canon) and of course makes shooting easier..

Very informative blog and comments.. Cheers!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:28:32 +0000

Under low light, cameras have problems focusing, so we need to manually focus. But the irony is that under low light, manual focusing is difficult too, because many DSLRs are equipped with very small view finder windows making it hard to see.

By: Jean Ahn

Jean Ahn — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:33:34 +0000

well… even if you are lazy… MANUAL FOCUS IS A MUST HAVE TECHNIQUE if you are a real photographer. Although i am not a hater, I cannot take people who do not appreciate the art of using manual focus over the ‘convenience’ of auto focus… all the great photographers from the past did not get to use auto focus but they did some serious stuff… why can’t we do something similar to those without auto focus? JUST FORGET AUTO FOCUS FOR A MONTH and see if you feel the ‘need’ of it after a month of manual focus training… probably not too much…lol

Well… do what you want…. but i take photography seriously and spent my time manual focusing and had no problem making better photography than others…AND LONG LIVE NIKON>>>lol

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By: Henry Barnes

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