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How to lock focus on D3500?
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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 726033" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>I typed this before I saw you last update, but it still applies...</p><p>bbf is not a better focus, its just a different method to get there and gives you control over exactly what you want in focus. I think in your tests, any poor results were camera/hand shake/slow shutter speed. Another way that I describe bbf is to call it 'manual focus at the touch of a button' or 'power assisted manual focus'. Just point your camera around the room. Press the bb as that single point passes over various objects. Press it when something is under the focus point and watch how your camera instantly focuses on that object. Whatever you want, you can focus on. Just play with that for awhile and don't worry about taking a picture. Get a feel for it. The objects in your room are stationary, but if they were moving, you would simply hold the bb down to keep tracking them. Just do that for a few minutes and I think you will have a 'wow' moment of the focus power you have. </p><p>As for the night shooting in manual, I do that all the time. There is a distant street light that I point to and tap the bb. Then I am good to shoot the sky. But the question still remains if your d3500 will let you do this. My old d3100 will not. It simply will not allow the shutter to release if that focus point is no longer seeing focus. To test, activate BBF on something close. Then point the camera at something far away or an empty wall. Everything will be out of focus. Don't press the bb again, just try the shutter. If the camera lets you take an out of focus shot, you are good to go. If the shutter will not fire, then this technique is not going to work on your camera, you will not be able to focus-recompose. I hope that makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 726033, member: 4923"] I typed this before I saw you last update, but it still applies... bbf is not a better focus, its just a different method to get there and gives you control over exactly what you want in focus. I think in your tests, any poor results were camera/hand shake/slow shutter speed. Another way that I describe bbf is to call it 'manual focus at the touch of a button' or 'power assisted manual focus'. Just point your camera around the room. Press the bb as that single point passes over various objects. Press it when something is under the focus point and watch how your camera instantly focuses on that object. Whatever you want, you can focus on. Just play with that for awhile and don't worry about taking a picture. Get a feel for it. The objects in your room are stationary, but if they were moving, you would simply hold the bb down to keep tracking them. Just do that for a few minutes and I think you will have a 'wow' moment of the focus power you have. As for the night shooting in manual, I do that all the time. There is a distant street light that I point to and tap the bb. Then I am good to shoot the sky. But the question still remains if your d3500 will let you do this. My old d3100 will not. It simply will not allow the shutter to release if that focus point is no longer seeing focus. To test, activate BBF on something close. Then point the camera at something far away or an empty wall. Everything will be out of focus. Don't press the bb again, just try the shutter. If the camera lets you take an out of focus shot, you are good to go. If the shutter will not fire, then this technique is not going to work on your camera, you will not be able to focus-recompose. I hope that makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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