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Stop autofocus from focusing on face behind me?

Started Oct 3, 2016 | Questions thread
AdriaanMeijer
AdriaanMeijer Veteran Member • Posts: 3,047
Re: Stop autofocus from focusing on face behind me?

RedFox88 wrote:

You can manual focus the distance you'll be away from the camera's focal plane and dial that in on the lens if it has distance graduations on it and choose an aperture for the needed dof.

This is indeed what I'd do. As you and the camera don't move too much, once it's focused that is how the focus distance should be. 
The selfie setting of the LCD (tilted until visible from the front) is handy for framing, not for focusing.

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