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How do I get better at manual focusing? (alien.top)
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I have a 50mm prime lens that's really awful at focusing. How do I learn to manually focus for street photography?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

One thing I like is starting the lens at infinity, or further away than I know the subject is, bringing it up to my eye while starting to rotate the lens to bring the focus closer, so you always know the subject is going to come into focus from further away. This way you don’t have to hunt back and forth, just stop turning it closer when it’s in focus and shoot.