Turning Focus off...

WJG said:

I read in a guide on the mtu site for the 995 that the 995 offers
three menu options for focusing. One is the auto focusing, another
is manual focusing, anf the third is turning it off - which in that
case the 995 then focuses on the center of the picture.

With all the questions on low light focusing on the 995 and
autofocusing.... it seems that turning autu and manual focus off -
the camera is stiff - in effec still auto-focusing on the center of
the frame.

Does do this - help in the low light focsusing? For those that
have/had trouble with autofocusing, whas this option evaluated?

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WJG said:

I read in a guide on the mtu site for the 995 that the 995 offers
three menu options for focusing. One is the auto focusing, another
is manual focusing, anf the third is turning it off - which in that
case the 995 then focuses on the center of the picture.

With all the questions on low light focusing on the 995 and
autofocusing.... it seems that turning autu and manual focus off -
the camera is stiff - in effec still auto-focusing on the center of
the frame.

Does do this - help in the low light focsusing? For those that
have/had trouble with autofocusing, whas this option evaluated?

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Avatarshark said:

I've had lots of trouble with low light focusing. Using any of the
auto focus modes (including zone select) doesn't work too well if
there isn't enough light

Two possible solutions invovles going fully to manual focus by
selecting M-focus button and rotating the dial.
1) setting it to the distance between you and your subjects.
(you'll have to be able to estimate the distance well)
2) setting it to inf. It seemed to work well when I was at a
school party (dark, club like atmosphere). I didn't want to trying
guessing the distances for those candid shots so I just set it to
inf. I guess I set it up like a fixed lens camera without focusing
mechanisms, but it worked..

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