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The History of Autofocus: From Rangefinders to AI Subject Recognition

The History of Autofocus: From Rangefinders to AI Subject Recognition

Six different cameras are arranged in a sequence with arrows between them, illustrating the evolution of camera design from older film models to modern digital cameras, on a blue grid background.

Autofocus is one of the great invisible revolutions in photography. When it works well, it disappears. A photographer raises the camera, half-presses the shutter, sees a box snap to an eye, a bird, a car, or a face, and the lens silently moves to the right position.

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