I have a 50mm prime lens that’s really awful at focusing. How do I learn to manually focus for street photography?

  • csl512@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Practice.

    But nobody in this sub is looking over your shoulder: you gotta provide more information to narrow down the responses. Does your camera even have the focus peaking others mention?

    What camera model and what lens as precisely as you know it? A fully manual rangefinder or SLR is going to have different stuff than a modern DSLR or mirrorless. Is it able to take sharp photos in static and controlled settings, like a focus test chart?

    And if you have something modern with autofocus available, what about it makes you not want to use it?