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Autofocus?

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J_MAC
Posts: 572 - Karma: 127
just a quick question, just got a sweet video camera after few years of filmin with gopro. ANyways my question is this: When Y'all are doin follow cams do you have autofocus on or do u use manual focus and are just skilled at keeping the shot within the right distance and well framed?
Mar 26 2013 2:11PM
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JibbaTheHutt
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 1,597
if you set your aperture to around 8 most things should stay pretty much in focus if you're within say 10m of the original focus distance, if that makes any sense at all..
Mar 26 2013 2:21PM
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.qzyxya
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This. But also its been answered a couple times already (searchbar). Sometimes though its fun to use a longer lens (maybe a 35 or 50mm) and set it to like f2.8 and try to get a shot with the skier in focus. It looks pretty sick when you can get it right. But at f8 ish and on a wide angle lens most things will be in focus (look up hyperfocal distance).
Mar 27 2013 12:01AM
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