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anotherview wrote: Brain0: You say, “if you look at the picture of the squirrel, you'll note that the rail on which it is sitting is pretty sharp. If you look at the lines of the wood grain, there isn't any noticeable motion blur.”
This focus may result from using the setting for multiple automatic focus points instead of the center AF point. Using multiple focus points, the camera will sometimes pick a focus point in the foreground, throwing the farther elements out of focus. Hence, this automatic focus action may mimic front focus.
Yep, that's why I prefer to use the center focus point, and then lock focus and recompose. Sometimes, if I have time, I'll manually select a different focus point using the "joystick," but usually it's faster and easier to use the center point.
I never use automatic focus point selection. How would the camera know where I want to focus?
Nope; I NEVER use it. Not ever. Wouldn't even consider it.
Except I checked, and sure enough; for some reason it was set to automatic.
The next question is why I didn't notice the flashing red focus point indicators in the viewfinder. Maybe I'm totally losing it.
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