Ok may not make much sense but I will try and explain
Normally to get distance one would just zoom in as normal, but on the panasonic G9 and G9ii there is another option.
Within the menu there is a setting that allows instant far and near focus . So say a bird is in a tree, the canera “nine times out of ten” would just focus on the nearest branch and not on the bird, no matter how far zoomed in one goes.
However by programming a couple of buttons this is overcome. Of course one may want to zoom in first
Took a bit of time to find out how to program.
same shot using near and far without zooming in
Near focus
Dood
No it doesn’t , but I did post about zooming first. This is about being able to focus beyond the camera initial capture. also I did say which photo was which. I also mentioned when it might be useful under certain circumstances.
There is back button focus which again is something slightly different. This is about using 2 buttons to achieve a different front and back focus
Unless you own a G9 or G9ii camera this is going a little deeper into menu programming than most would not know about , called front focus shift and back focus shift
