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50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus
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50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus

by John Greengo
June 2019
Beginner
156 pages
4h 59m
English
Rocky Nook
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11. MIRRORLESS FOCUS AREA

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ONE OF THE biggest advantages of autofocus in a mirrorless camera is the frame-filling area of available focus points. Mirrorless cameras allow you to choose a focus area of almost any size and in almost any location within the frame (Figure 11.1).

In a DSLR, the technology used for focusing was limited to a specific-sized focus point, a limited number of points available, and all within a limited coverage area. The first autofocus SLR cameras offered only a single point of focus in the center of the frame. As the technology progressed, more points were added. A common complaint on many DSLRs was that all the focus points ...

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