BEST manual focus techniques for video (stop using Auto focus, this is how!)

[@kierandonnelly4898]

Might sound silly but I really like your point about not being afraid to re-focus. Sounds super obvious that it's better to lose a second of footage vs a whole take, but I'd always have it in my head that I'd have to get the entire take absolutely perfect, and if I went out of focus for a second I'd have to do another take.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

I'm with you mate, just refocus mid shot, do it all the time.

[@Know-Way]

Great content, thanks. Another thing I found useful was to open up the aperture, reducing the depth of field, set the focus with focus peaking which now has a narrower range for better accuracy. Then reset the aperture to increase depth of field to the desired setting.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Great tip!

[@luigiusa7976]

Im a noob what does open up the aperture mean

[@Lyclah]

I did just a handful of profects but I realized that a bad/hunting autofocus is always much worser than an average manual focus. Many thanks for the great tips.

[@StefanieMorris-j4h]

This video helped me focus on the main points!

[@sevdrakegavial]

lol loved the model she was fun to watch great vid btw, very informative

[@Marko-od7eb]

Great tips. Nice and simple explanation of videography tips. Subscribed.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Happy to help 👍

[@RobFisherUK]

You fell out of my KZbin feed for a while (KZbin thinks I can only be interested in about 3 things at a time). Good to be back (and good to see your 6K Pro working again). I find the focus peaking on my 6K Pro's monitor good enough. And I've been shooting hand-held and using a Sigma 17-50 F2.8 which has very short throw. I can do decent pulls with muscle memory, though. I am definitely considering a follow focus but not totally sure how well it would work handheld; I find by cradling the lens I can focus without introducing wobble.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Damn Rob, click the bell icon and never lose me to the algorithm again! Follow focus is best for lenses with slightly longer focus throws, but I love to use it with my sigma 18-35.

[@RobFisherUK]

@@thesavagefilmmaker bell clicked!

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Great observations. Thank you very much. Stay strong.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thank you, I will 💪

[@CalmaxFilm]

Thank you for this great video, you are really pedagogical, professional and the tips are clean and simple. I have just one question: I've bought recently cine lens, and the focus is really slow to operate. I mean the ring is hard to turn, so I can do only small focus distances. How can I focus faster on a cine lens ? Follow focus is good, but impossible for a solo operator to frame while focusing

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Thank you for the kind words! A follow focus is really the best option. Now you can purchase a Electronic follow focus, such as the Tilta Nucleus Nano/N which can potentially pull focus quicker than you can manually, this may be your best option for quicker focus pulls. But this is also a feature of a lot of cine lenses which can be both good and bad.

[@innovaschoolfr]

Great stuff ! Bravo !

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Many thanks!!

[@PeteMEHO]

That was fantastic! Thank you. Just what I needed to know,

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Appreciate the comment glad it helped.

[@scottdionbrown]

Nice tips. Thanks!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad to help!

[@Imrankadir]

thank you for easy to understand tips.

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

You are welcome!

[@User_not_found_403]

another banger - thanks guy!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Any time!

[@ashovid8915]

Thanks, easy to understand for a newcomer.👌

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad it helped!

[@dinhtuananhvnu]

Thanks! Your video very helpful!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Myce]

The thumbnail with the eyebrow raise totally looks like The Rock lol

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

If ya smeeeeeeeeeeeell...

[@Dangkles]

Any advice for low light situations filming fast dancing or should I just buy a sony?

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Sony is going to provide you the easiest filming in those conditions.

[@seanholloran]

solid advice. thanks!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Any time!

[@MuhammadMundir]

my 80D don't have focus picking. how about this ?

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Use the magnification function to set your focus.

[@MuhammadMundir]

@@thesavagefilmmaker Thanks

[@kost1k_k]

Спасибо бро!

[@bryanbarajasBB]

Wow! Could you do one on lighting! False color, wave form, and mood of certain lighting techniques!

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

That's a great idea but a huuuuuuge topic Bryan, I do have some lighting breakdowns on my list but sheesh, that'll take some time.

[@bryanbarajasBB]

@@thesavagefilmmaker Take your time, please, I truly think that video will have hits, especially if you combine techniques to pull dark lit scenes and use noise reductions, and so forth☺️👌!

[@O.W_Films]

cool tips. watched a few minutes from the older movie , too many clip changes was making me dizzy , constructive critic , watch more old movies and study the story lines and scene changes , felt like a bunch of clips passing too fast .

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

I'm sorry mate but for you to comment on story - you have to have watched more than the opening credits of my film (so you understand what the story is). Jump cuts and fast paced montages are part of many old movies as well as new ones, so my familiarity with this construct is not the issue, your attention span is.

[@mrdfwproductions]

Seriously, thank you for this video. #youtubeacademy

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Happy to help.

[@kenl.3298]

All this shit was common sense

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Perhaps to you. But not to a beginner just trying to learn their first steps in the manual world, which is who it's for. Jog on mate.

[@Metaobserver]

As if every little thing has to be taught

[@thesavagefilmmaker]

Seems to have been very helpful for many people, so I guess it does. 👌