The advantage with auto focus over manual focus, is that it usually is much faster in focusing correctly. Imagine that you are going to take pictures of jogger running towards you. Focusing correctly on the runner while he is coming towards you with out auto focus is very hard. However an very experienced photographer with manual focus might manage this scenario also. While auto focus is desirable in many situation, there are situations where manual focus gives better control. The photographer should try to master both techniques. On a single lens reflex camera, it's essential to have a good viewfinder so you can see where the focus point is.
who invented the auto focus camera
A CPU camera lens has electrical contacts on it. This means that it also has the auto focus option, which is where the lens will focus itself.
With the exception of some very expensive professional cameras all digital cameras have auto focus.
It will tell you on the camera lens or on the box. ask a salesman or look on the internet.
Auto Focus on a camera is the camera is focusing on the main object in the photo and blurring out the rest of the background around the object or person, you can turn it off, and its AUTO because it focuses on the object which it thinks is the main object. You can also focus manually.
Apparently it an auto-focus camera. The user cannot focus manually. If you read the specifications (see related link) it has a full list of the camera's features.
A point and shoot camera can be a fixed focus which does not require focusing as in the single use types. If a camera is not auto focus or fixed focus then you must focus it manually. This is usually done by rotating a part of the lens until the picture is clear in the view viewfinder
you get to focus on other things rather than just the moving subject when on af
The best way to focus the M417 camera is doing manual focus. Per the Amazon.com sales page for the camera, there has been noted that there is a defect with the auto focus. http://www.amazon.com/HP-Photosmart-M417-Digital-Optical/dp/B0007KTG1M
It can be auto or manual. Read the article link to see what I mean. Hope this helps.
sets delays for shots tells the servos how to turn to auto focus
There should be a setting in the back or a switch on the outside of the lenes