Posted by Bill on 06/13/06 13:19

A typical situation might be if you wish to keep an object on the far
left side of the screen in sharp focus while following activity in the
centre of the screen. Or your subject may be in the middle of several
objects that are closer or further away: set the focus to the subject
and lock it, so you don't see the focus going in and out while trying to
find it.

Or... if you have a brightly lit area that is not in the exact centre of
your image, it may "hijack" the focus from your subject.

If someone is walking towards you, unless you are really good at manual
focus, you might prefer to leave it on auto. Not sure about the Canon,
but the Sony VX2000 generally handles that pretty well.

That said, I find the view screen on the VX2000 is not always sharp
enough for this purpose.


Reza wrote:

>
> (8) Why manual focus is preferred to auto focus by the pros? If I use
> manual focus, don't I need to keep on adjusting focus during the
> recording as my subjects walk or change position?
>
>
> Thank you
>

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