Focus & Depth of Field
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Selective Focus
The deliberate use of a narrow zone of sharpness to direct attention to one element and suppress everything else.
Focus & Depth of FieldShallow Depth of Field
A narrow zone of sharpness that isolates the subject against a strongly blurred foreground and background.
Focus & Depth of FieldSingle-point AF
An area mode in which the camera uses one selected focus point and ignores everything else in the frame.
Focus & Depth of FieldSingle-servo Autofocus
An autofocus mode, marked AF-S or One Shot, that focuses once and then locks while the shutter button is held halfway.
Focus & Depth of FieldSplit-image Screen
A focusing screen with a central circle divided in two, whose halves align only when the subject is in focus.
Focus & Depth of FieldSubject Tracking
A mode in which the camera identifies a chosen subject and follows it around the frame, moving the active focus area to match.
Focus & Depth of FieldTracking Sensitivity
A setting that controls how quickly continuous autofocus abandons its current subject when something else enters the frame.
Focus & Depth of FieldVarifocal Lens
A zoom lens that does not hold focus when the focal length changes, requiring refocusing after every zoom.
Focus & Depth of FieldWide-area AF
An area mode in which the camera considers the entire frame when choosing what to focus on.
Focus & Depth of FieldWorking Distance
The clear space between the front of the lens and the subject at closest focus.
Focus & Depth of FieldZone AF
An area mode in which the camera selects automatically from a defined cluster of points rather than the whole frame.
Focus & Depth of FieldZone Focusing
Presetting a lens to a distance and aperture whose depth of field covers the range the subject will occupy, then shooting without focusing…