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The other day the local paper's togger came to do my article for the marathon, I have not noticed what he did before before and I cant think why its needed.

He looked like he focused in on my face then moved the lens down to my chest, what would be the purpose of this???

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He was focus /recomposing, Julian. Using center point to focus on your face then recomposing the shot. It's fine if you're not shooting too wide.
 
The23rdman said:
He was focus /recomposing, Julian. Using center point to focus on your face then recomposing the shot. It's fine if you're not shooting too wide.
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R u calling me a fatty Dean :thinking: lol, Does that create a depth of field (background blur)?
 
Haha!

no, It's just one way to focus.
 
Julian, better listen to Dean, he as a D3...;)

I always hone in on any thread that has 'embarrassed' in the title as they are the ones that uuslly help me..:D

Cheers.
 
Oops! I don't have the D3 anymore. Better adjust that!
 
to put it another way, the way he wanted to frame the shot, probably didn't have a focus point over/near your face, so he moved the camera and focussed on your face and then re-composed to frame the shot he wanted.....hope that makes sense :/
 
he focused on your face then when down to get your number in the shot,if he just pointed at your number,the number would have been in focus but your face slightly blurred.

(thats if you were wearing a number,if not swap number to sexy legs:lol:)
 
Julian - he focussed on your face then thought arggh

Joking aside - Nothing unusual - he focussed on your face, kept the button held down so the focus locked, moved the camera to better frame you - then fired.
 
The23rdman said:
He was focus /recomposing, Julian. Using center point to focus on your face then recomposing the shot. It's fine if you're not shooting too wide.
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I've been wanting to ask, what happens if he is shooting wide?
I've noticed using this technique that the face is often a little oof, but that is shooting quite wide, mm wise, rather than aperture.
 
I use 51pt 3D on the D3 for this - focus on the face - hold AF button down and re compose the focus point stays on the face - you never lose focus on the face - it works every time.
 
VirtualAdept said:
I've been wanting to ask, what happens if he is shooting wide?
I've noticed using this technique that the face is often a little oof, but that is shooting quite wide, mm wise, rather than aperture.
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When shooting wide you don't want to recompose as focal plane is so thin. Always use the closest focus point. That's why a decent Nikon or 1series canon makes wide primes so much more accurate.
 
The23rdman said:
When shooting wide you don't want to recompose as focal plane is so thin.
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You'll need to explain that one! DoF is greater with wide angles - what exactly are you talking about?
 
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