How to Manually Focus a Vlog

I did this for EIGHTY videos

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The first 80 videos on my YouTube channel were shot on either the Canon 5D Mark III or the Sony A7S II.

The Canon had no autofocus for video. The Sony had a form of autofocus, but it was dreadful.

So, for those first, incredibly important steps into the world of YouTube, I had to manually focus myself. Often, I got…