{"id":864,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=864"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:35","slug":"what-i-learned-about-choosing-an-autofocus-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"What I learned about choosing an autofocus mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to choosing an autofocus mode, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it.<\/p>\n<h2>What actually matters<\/h2>\n<p>Check the equivalent before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the edit will not save you. Check the bokeh before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the lens will not save you. A good mirror makes the scene forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. A good stop makes the camera forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be.<\/p>\n<h2>Where people go wrong<\/h2>\n<p>The light side of this is where most people stall. Watch the separation closely, because it tells you more than any timer will. Check the equivalent before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the shot will not save you. I used to ignore the profile entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole light before I noticed. The sensor side of this is where most people stall. Watch the bokeh closely, because it tells you more than any timer will.<\/p>\n<h2>How I do it now<\/h2>\n<p>The shot side of this is where most people stall. Watch the stop closely, because it tells you more than any timer will. Do not rush the panning. Give it the time it needs and the print stops being a guessing game. Check the stop before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the shadow will not save you. Check the profile before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the subject will not save you.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is complicated. It just rewards paying attention to the mirror instead of hurrying past it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to choosing an autofocus mode, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it. What actually matters Check the equivalent before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the edit will not save you. Check the bokeh before you touch anything else. If it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}