Focus

KlodaX

"Usually you can lock the focus in three steps. First, center the subject and press and hold the shutter button halfway down. Second, reposition your camera (while still holding the shutter button) so the subject is away from the center. And third, finish by pressing the shutter button all the way down to take the picture."

I found this on the kodax website and this picture on deviantart, my question is was this the method used for taking this picture and is there another way of doing this?

Merrion

Either that or flick the switch to manual focus and adjust the manual focus to the bit you want to be in focus.

DotOrg

a lot of cameras have more than one focus point in the viewfinder. so you set any one to be the active point and the camera will focus where you choose, not just the centre

my camera uses a nine point AF stystem

so if i set the far left point active, it would focus the camera at that point only

and of course there is the 100 year old tried and trusted method.... manual focus

dublinguy05

This picture was taken with a slow shutter speed and the model was told to stay still, easy to do...shoot on a tripod at about 1/10 or slower, you can use this effect outside on busy street with focus set on your subject and them remaning still using a ND filter.

KlodaX

excellent, thanks very much for the replies, most helpfull.

febreze

More than likely the image was taken using one of these babys...

rob1891

My guess is the photo was taken with a very wide aperture which gives a narrow depth of field.

Simplest explanation is the best, and failing that ... my explanation is the best