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Duplicate: When is manual focus better than autofocus?  Perhaps
this question has been asked before. I understand that in some
cases, automatic focus cannot be used, for example, fast moving
objects or people.  However, I have the impression that in all
other cases (unless someone is trying to obtain a particular
effect) automatic focus is better.  Any thoughts?  share|improve
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MikeW, Imre, Nick Miners Jan 15 '13 at 21:40   2 Answers  up
vote 4 down vote accepted  Manual focus is often used in
situations where you need very accurate focus on a very specific
part of the image, for example, for macro photos where the depth
of field is so small you can't even get the entire subject in
focus.  Another situation where manual focus is used when auto
focus just doesn't work,