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Why does my XT-4 still attempt to focus despite being in manual mode?

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
iRanN
iRanN Contributing Member • Posts: 660
Re: Why does my XT-4 still attempt to focus despite being in manual mode?

Nothing to do with the camera/brand, this just not understanding how photography works. If you’re shooting at the wide end of the lens with a small aperture everything will be in focus, if you want to achieve what you describe start shooting at a longer focal length( maybe 23mm-35mm) and set you aperture at f4 now focus at infinity and make sure there’s elements in your foreground but make sure they’re close enough to your camera otherwise they will also appear in focus.

Now keep in mind some cameras focus at larger apertures in low light but if your aperture is set to f11 it may appear during composition less will be in focus but at the time of capturing more/everything will be in focus.

i hope this helps, cheers!

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