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Manual focusing with D3100
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<blockquote data-quote="Boomer" data-source="post: 36293" data-attributes="member: 7973"><p>I just came back from a safari in east Africa and took about 3000 pictures. I'm new to DSLRs, having only bought my D3100 about 6 weeks before the trip. The camera took some amazing photos and I was very happy with it except for one thing.</p><p></p><p>I've concluded that the only thing that autofocus is good for is birthday parties! In the bush, there was always a tree or limb closer to me than the animal I was trying to photograph and the auto focus always locked onto it. I typically ended up using manual focus which is difficult without a focus ring or something in the viewfinder except your eyeball.</p><p></p><p>See attached photo. The leopard was laying on a limb at 20 feet and the autofocus selected the limb instead of the leopard. It's subtle, but you can see that the limb is more focused than the leopard's eyes. </p><p></p><p>I tried putting the camera on "single point" autofocus, but instead of using the center point it picked some other single point which wasn't what I wanted.</p><p></p><p>I want to understand this problem and how to get around it.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomer, post: 36293, member: 7973"] I just came back from a safari in east Africa and took about 3000 pictures. I'm new to DSLRs, having only bought my D3100 about 6 weeks before the trip. The camera took some amazing photos and I was very happy with it except for one thing. I've concluded that the only thing that autofocus is good for is birthday parties! In the bush, there was always a tree or limb closer to me than the animal I was trying to photograph and the auto focus always locked onto it. I typically ended up using manual focus which is difficult without a focus ring or something in the viewfinder except your eyeball. See attached photo. The leopard was laying on a limb at 20 feet and the autofocus selected the limb instead of the leopard. It's subtle, but you can see that the limb is more focused than the leopard's eyes. I tried putting the camera on "single point" autofocus, but instead of using the center point it picked some other single point which wasn't what I wanted. I want to understand this problem and how to get around it. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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