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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 842090" data-attributes="member: 48483">I want to say it's no problem, just do this and that. But that is not true. You can move the focus point square around the screen to select your point of focus. The camera will to focus there and should beep to acknowledge focus (if in default operation). Your mushroom subjects are not really moving so you may find it more accurate to do the manual focus. But if subject moves, you may have to autofocus to get the shot done faster.The truth here is that DSLR Liveview is primitive compared to a Z-series mirrorless body. Every thing you are asking for that D3400 to do is solved in a Z50 camera. On a mirrorless you would set up, touch the screen to move the focus point indicator, the color of the indicator will change to green to indicate in focus, and it is ready to take the photo. And manual focus has a different aid called &quot;focus peaking&quot; where everything that is currently in focus has a yellow outline drawn around it. It is an outstanding aid for a still-life. But that is not available in a D3400.But this is about working with your D3400, so yes you do have to work a bit at getting the correct focus. And there are advantages and disadvantages with both autofocus and manual focus. But with a still-life subject using Liveview, you will get the best focus manually if you zoom in the display so you can judge spot you want to be focused on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 842090, member: 48483"] I want to say it's no problem, just do this and that. But that is not true. You can move the focus point square around the screen to select your point of focus. The camera will to focus there and should beep to acknowledge focus (if in default operation). Your mushroom subjects are not really moving so you may find it more accurate to do the manual focus. But if subject moves, you may have to autofocus to get the shot done faster. The truth here is that DSLR Liveview is primitive compared to a Z-series mirrorless body. Every thing you are asking for that D3400 to do is solved in a Z50 camera. On a mirrorless you would set up, touch the screen to move the focus point indicator, the color of the indicator will change to green to indicate in focus, and it is ready to take the photo. And manual focus has a different aid called "focus peaking" where everything that is currently in focus has a yellow outline drawn around it. It is an outstanding aid for a still-life. But that is not available in a D3400. But this is about working with your D3400, so yes you do have to work a bit at getting the correct focus. And there are advantages and disadvantages with both autofocus and manual focus. But with a still-life subject using Liveview, you will get the best focus manually if you zoom in the display so you can judge spot you want to be focused on. [/QUOTE]

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