On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jos from Holland wrote:
Sorry Larry, but no autofocus system will be able to guess by itself
which part of the scene you want in focus.
One day you want the singer in focus, next day you want the mike in
focus.
The autofocus point selection works for getting the area of the frame
to look for focus.
Having the special mode would tell the camera that if there are two
potential focus points in that area, choose the one that is further
back.
Future sytems, but not in the near future, will do this by reading
your mind.
Till than its better to use manual focus.
Greetz Jos
Larry Colen wrote:
I was photographing at a friend's blues jam last night, using it as
a chance to practice band photography. I decided to try using
autofocus, and the handy af point selection.
Looking at the photos, almost every one focuses on the microphone
instead of the musician. How about an autofocus mode where the
camera looks for something to focus on a little bit behind the
default? This would be handy for both musicians and birds in trees.
At the beginning of the evening, I tried a few using the strobist
suggestion of putting my flash on a monopod, and that seems very
promising, except for the detail that I end up short one hand,
until I come up with a harness to hold the monopod or something.
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