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The autofocus is amazing. Virtually instant. And several modes like faces and what part of the frame to focus on. Amazing to see it grab a face and follow it for focus and exposure.

As a geezer in photography, I learned on camera with no light meter, and using film exposure is critical. When outside I would set my shutter speed at the ASA (before ISO was brought out) so ASA 160 high speed Ektachrome was ASA 160, set my shutter speed at 200, (1/4 F stop fudge factor) and hold my hand out with my fingers outstretched, if I saw 5 distinct finger shadows, F16. If I saw 5 blurry fingers from thin clouds, F11. If I saw just a blob of a shadow of my hand F8. No shadow at all, F5.6. And I learned to just see the brightness and know what exposure to use. If it was a particularly important shot, bracket 1/2 or even 1/4 stop increments over and under. With slide film you wanted to be dead nuts on exposure our under exposed, never overexposed.

Now I set it to full auto, and full autofocus, point frame the shot, and shoot again and again. With RAW, just about anything can be fixed from the white balance, to exposure in post processing.
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