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<blockquote data-quote="AJS" data-source="post: 167904" data-attributes="member: 15366">Thanks very much Dave D and Horoscope Fish - all really helpful tips and hints for me. Can I ask one question, Dave?&nbsp;When photographing a number of people in AF-A, your camera software is calculating all the&nbsp; various subjects (faces) and will then determine the optimum hyperfocal point&nbsp; that will allow all the faces (or whatever it is you've told the camera is the&nbsp; subject) in focus.Would I be wrong therefore to ever use AF-S when taking a photo of a group of, say, 3 or 4 people? Something such as a family shot or dinner party? Would AF-A work best? Also, with the focus area setting, if taking the same group shot, would I need to use Auto Area AF (or 3D tracking) in order to enable the camera to focus on a wider area rather than one of the single 11 black dot focus points? Sorry if this seems a really daft question but thank you very much for your help.Alex</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AJS, post: 167904, member: 15366"] Thanks very much Dave D and Horoscope Fish - all really helpful tips and hints for me. Can I ask one question, Dave? [I] When photographing a number of people in AF-A, your camera software is calculating all the various subjects (faces) and will then determine the optimum hyperfocal point that will allow all the faces (or whatever it is you've told the camera is the subject) in focus.[/I] Would I be wrong therefore to ever use AF-S when taking a photo of a group of, say, 3 or 4 people? Something such as a family shot or dinner party? Would AF-A work best? Also, with the focus area setting, if taking the same group shot, would I need to use Auto Area AF (or 3D tracking) in order to enable the camera to focus on a wider area rather than one of the single 11 black dot focus points? Sorry if this seems a really daft question but thank you very much for your help. Alex [/QUOTE]

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