Both digital and film cameras offer manual focus.
Often both digital and film-based cameras with interchangeable lenses give photographers focusing choices: auto (AF) and manual (MF). A camera's automatic focusing system concentrates on the closest subject to the camera. If you're photographing a bird in a tree with many branches, the camera's auto focus mechanism may focus on the branches or leaves closest to the camera -- making you miss the shot of the bird. Learn manually focus your camera to pinpoint your subject matter and get more usable shots in tricky photography scenes. When you want precision, manual focusing with a steady hand gets the job done. (See Reference 2)
Instructions
1. Turn the camera's power switch to "On."
2. Look for the AF/MF switch on the lens barrel protruding from the front of the camera. Push the switch to the MF setting.
3. Peer through the camera's viewfinder located on the top, center of the camera and compose the shot.
4. Place your left hand on the underside of the camera barrel and rotate the focusing ring -- a wide movable part often coated with textured rubber -- left and right until the image appears sharp through the viewfinder.
5. Press the shutter button located on the top right side of the camera, using the index finger on your right hand, to record the image.
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