How to Use autofocus in a Sentence

autofocus

noun
  • The autofocus is good enough to rival even the best in the field.
    — Rowena Cockett, Space.com, 26 May 2025
  • The autofocus speed is quite good.
    — PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Switch back to autofocus and the ring reverts to the function set in the camera.
    — PC Magazine, 8 June 2025
  • Turn off autofocus and lock the focus on objects on the horizon.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
  • The autofocus can capture and maintain a tight focus on the subject even in low light.
    — Adam Doud, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2019
  • No other camera in this size has autofocus or shoot speeds close to this little wonder.
    — Tom O'Brien, National Geographic, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The autofocus is fast and reliable, and low-light shots come out clean without drowning in grain.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Pro wide-angle has autofocus now, which also powers a macro mode.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Nikon's autofocus system is overall excellent, just shy of the best in class.
    — PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
  • The autofocus snaps right in, and subject recognition is the real deal.
    — PCMAG, 31 Oct. 2022
  • To go back to autofocus, turn the ring and lock it back into the AF position.
    — PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The fifth hole on the back of the phone is for the laser autofocus sensor, which was added to help with some of the focus issues on the main sensor.
    — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The field of view is a bit narrow at 78 degrees, but the autofocus is pretty snappy.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, the cameras, the flash, and the laser autofocus are all bunched together in the top-left corner.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The powered autofocus worked well enough in my tests that there was no need to use the manual control on the remote to improve it.
    — PCMAG, 25 June 2024
  • There are some good and bad to the SL3-P's autofocus system.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • That last toggle supports near, far, or full-range autofocus, with 10 meters as the cutoff point.
    — PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The autofocus is fast and subtle when refocusing, and the image is razor-sharp.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 23 May 2025
  • The iPhone 14 gets a new autofocus feature on the selfie camera, along with a wider aperture.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Nowhere is this evolution more apparent than in the autofocus system.
    — Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
  • In this mode, the camera skips autofocus and instead focuses to a preset distance, selectable via the menu.
    — PCMAG, 29 June 2024
  • The autofocus snaps between near and distant subjects in an instant, and accurately finds eyes and faces.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no noise, blur, or distortion of my face while the impressive autofocus’ strong bokeh effect helps my body stand out sharply from the mess of my testing space.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
  • One such feature might be autofocus, which should be available on all four iPhone 14’s ultra-wide cameras.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022
  • My camera’s sophisticated autofocus kept locking onto her eyes, and she was built for this sort of encounter.
    — Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Weather sealing keeps it safe in tough conditions, and the autofocus system handles fast-moving subjects with ease.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Weather sealing keeps it safe in tough conditions, and the autofocus system handles fast-moving subjects with ease.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The autofocus, while outpaced by later models like the A7 IV, is no slouch.
    — Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 13 July 2022
  • TrueDepth camera includes autofocus for the first time, allowing the lens to focus faster in low light and capture group shots from farther away.
    — Shara Tibken, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Kevin Ambrose Turn off autofocus and lock in the focus on objects in the foreground before moonrise.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 12 July 2022

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