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Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 20:01:13 No.2602219 View View Reply Original Report

Today while I was taking photos, my photography teacher said "you're using manual focus."

This may be a stupid question, but I'm a beginner photographer. Is using manual focus as a beginner a bad thing? My teacher made it seem like it was.

(Pic related. I took this picture today using manual focus)

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Muhmegapickels !!0Z+XAssRGPW Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:31:24 No.2602250 Report

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>>2602219
Just listen to your teacher.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:36:15 No.2602254 Report

Quoted By: >>2602259

For close-ups I prefer manual focus as well. Don't see why it would be bad if you do it right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:40:12 No.2602259 Report

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>>2602254
Yeah, the whole year I've been using manual focus for pretty much everything. I feel like I'm in more control of what I'm capturing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:44:34 No.2602261 Report

Quoted By: >>2602264

You're a beginner, so maybe he thought that you're not familiar with the camera and didn't know about the autofocus and how to activate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:47:41 No.2602264 Report

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>>2602261
That's a good way of putting it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 21:50:09 No.2602268 Report

Quoted By: >>2602272

It's great that you're using manual focus.

But your teacher should have grilled you for your blown out highlights and dead center subject. Get that shit on the thirds son

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:01:09 No.2602272 Report

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>>2602268
LOL I know it was blown out. I usually do a better job. This picture won't account to anything, though.

But thank you I hope to become really good at manual focus!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:03:31 No.2602279 Report

Quoted By: >>2602281

Autofocus is faster and more accurate.
Manual focus certainly has its place - for when the autofocus isn't playing (or is too expensive)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:06:42 No.2602281 Report

Quoted By: >>2602284 >>2602297

>>2602279
Yeah, that's true. But I like to take close-up pictures and abstract-type photography. Since I'm like, really short, I have this thing where I take pictures of everyday objects in my perspective.

Like, if I see paint peeling off the wall, I like to get a certain area of paint focused while the other area is blurred.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:07:25 No.2602284 Report

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>>2602281

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:14:25 No.2602291 Report

Quoted By: >>2602295

>>2602219
Becoming a photo 101 teacher takes very very little talent, understanding, or artistic flexibility. Manual focus can be just fine, but it's slower than autofocus. If your subject isn't moving at all, there's no reason to need speed.

If you're using a DSLR, the only real issue is that your viewfinder isn't set up to do well when manually focusing. Because of the way they work, they only accurately show your plane of focus when your aperture is stopped down to f/2.8 or smaller, so it can cause issues if you're trying to manually focus with a wider aperture. Other than that, tell him to fuck off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:19:46 No.2602295 Report

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>>2602291
I totally just wrote that down for a note. Thanks for the heads up, I never knew that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Jun 2015 22:22:10 No.2602297 Report

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>>2602281
fair enough
still, you may find it gratifying to learn how to use different AF areas (particularly for contrast AF in live view) for super accurate focus at any part of the image

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