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Mastering the Mysteries of Focus
One of the most useful and powerful features of modern digital cameras is their ability to lock in sharp focus faster than the blink of an eye. Sometimes. Although autofocus has been with us for more than 25 years, it continues to be problematic, and the switch to mirrorless technology has made it both less complicated and more complicated at the same time. And, while Nikon has given us faster and more precise autofocus systems, with many more options, it’s common for the sheer number of options to confuse even the most advanced photographers.
The one over-riding complication is that your camera doesn’t have any way of determining, for certain, what subject you want to be in sharp focus. It can’t read your ...
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