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Professor Newman on… Specifying autofocus

In recent articles I have detailed the way in which mirrorless autofocus differs from SLR AF, being more dependent on computational processes for its functionality. This requires that the AF system be designed around a powerful image processor. This in turn gives the opportunity to add novel functions, foremost of which has been subject-recognition AF.

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