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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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32. MAGNIFICATION

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THE MOST DEFINITIVE way to confirm that you have your subject in proper focus is to see it with your own eyes—closely. Many cameras offer a magnification option where the camera will digitally zoom in to show you an extreme close-up of your subject. At this high magnification it’s easy to see if focus is set correctly. This can work with mirrorless cameras and their electronic viewfinders or on the rear LCD screen. It will also work with DSLRs when they are in the Live View mode.

This focusing technique tends to be easier with the camera on a tripod. Handholding the camera, especially with the image highly magnified, makes it ...

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