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Dec 16 22:31:45 <brolin_empey> bleb: If you use a smartphone without a touch screen as a camera then how do you choose in which area to focus?  Usually you touch the part of the screen where you want to focus but obviously that does not apply on a computer without a touch screen.
Dec 16 22:34:07 <brolin_empey> I guess the answer is that you do not because I do not remember having this ability/feature on the dedicated digital still cameras with a display but without a touch screen that I used to use.
Dec 16 22:47:46 <Maxdamantus> Could presumably just point it to where you want it to focus on, autofocus, then point it back according to the desired picture.
Dec 16 22:48:31 * Maxdamantus wonders if DSLRs even have the capability to focus on arbitrary points.
Dec 16 22:49:19 <Maxdamantus> They seem to have focus indicators for various particular points, but dunno if there's an interface for selecting which point is meant to be used for autofocus.
Dec 16 22:49:45 <Maxdamantus> (my experience is limited to a particular Canon camera, and I haven't used it all that much)
Dec 16 23:00:26 <Maxdamantus> btw, the pointing thing is what I do on N900 .. I suspect I'd do the same with any camera
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