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What camera do you have? Why can't it autofocus when its not recording? I believe you, but thats very silly.
by josephg 2y ago
What camera do you have? Why can't it autofocus when its not recording?
I believe you, but thats very silly.
- vladvasiliu 2y agoNone of my stills cameras focused continuously out of the box, probably to save power (moving potentially heavy lens elements around requires energy). My Olympus mirrorless can be told to focus all the time, but it's not the default.
- entropie 2y agoI can force my (canon) camera to autofocus while not recording but usually you want to avoid that. It really hits the battery because the lens is permanentely adjusting. Most mirrorless cameras a hybrids and you usually do not need this feature while takting stills.
- josephg 2y agoMakes sense. On my sony camera (a7iv), it does continuous autofocus in video mode. You don't need to hit the record button - just set the focus mode to AFC (autofocus continuous) and it does its thing. I also just tried connecting it as a webcam over USB, and it does continuous autofocus when set up like that too. I'm sure it uses more power, but the camera can power itself over the USB port while connected, so thats not a problem.
- FireBeyond 2y agoThey -can-, they just don't, unless you specifically enable it for power reasons.