From the course: Learning to Shoot with the Sony Alpha a7 Series

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Autofocus basics

Autofocus basics

From the course: Learning to Shoot with the Sony Alpha a7 Series

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Autofocus basics

- One of your camera's principle benefits is its ability to autofocus. Typically, it'll provide a more accurate focus and be faster than you could achieve using manual focus. Keep in mind, though, that autofocus is not perfect, and you may need to adjust settings to get the results that you want, or, even from time to time, turn it off. Now, be sure to watch Ben Long's course called Foundations of Photography Exposure to learn more about shooting with autofocus. In order to get good results with autofocus, you need to know how to use it. After framing a shot, I press the Shutter button down halfway, and that will actually achieve the autofocus. Let me show you. Now let's press the Shutter button halfway. You can feel that there. And it beeps as it achieves autofocus. When this process is complete, the camera will show you the exposure settings it thinks are right for this particular scene, such as the shutter speed and aperture. This information will show up in both the viewfinder and…

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