Autofocus with face detection – blessing or curse?
Many modern cameras have built-in face detection and use it for autofocus. As soon as one or more faces are detected in the subject, the camera tries to focus [...]
Easily Confused – Part 3: Continuous Shooting Mode and Continuous Autofocus
The continuous shooting mode and the "continuous autofocus", are also often mixed up. By the way, who at Canon came up with the name "AI Servo" for this mode? But [...]
Easily Confused – Part 2: Exposure Mode and Focusing
In the second part of our mini-series "Easily Confused", we pick up on an observation from our beginner courses. Many participants confuse exposure mode and focus. Very often they think [...]
Easily Confused – Part 1: Spot Metering and Autofocus Metering Point
This new mini-series is about camera functions that photography novices tend to confuse, even though they have little or nothing to do with each other. In this first part, we [...]