The Phoblographer’s Guide to Zone Focusing Your Camera’s Lens

If you read or look at a number of tutorials on zone focusing, you'll see more or less lots of the same things about how to do it. But understanding the reasoning behind it all is much different. Zone focusing was used for many years before autofocus was invented and helped a number of photographers capture iconic images that still influence photographers today.

It also aided with the creation of some very famous portraits. And with autofocus being the primary use case for many lenses and cameras out there, the practice of zone focusing belongs to a niche culture of photographers. Arguably, it can be much faster than autofocus in the hands of a skilled photographer. And best of all, it's usually very reliable.  .

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2020-1-1 02:00

Источник: thephoblographer.com

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