Answers.Body: <p>Okay, I found the answer.</p>
  <p>After I start recording, I can click for a second or so on the screen where I want the focus to be. The camera is going to make that item appear in focus and then block the focus to that point until I cancel it.</p>
  <p>There should be an (AF) button appearing on the side. Clicking that button allows to go back to the auto-focus mode.</p>
  <p>Note that there seems to be two modes: one when you do this when you're not recording and one when you are already recording. At this point I have not found the real difference, but the items (buttons) appearing on the screen are different. So I would imagine that there is some kind of a difference between both modes.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to film myself in a dark room with videos. When I start the camera, it records as expected: it checks focus and stops on a nice and crisp view.</p>
  <p>However, as I record every second or so, even if nothing changes, it runs the auto-focus feature. That means the video &quot;jumps&quot; (zoom in/out for a little while). It's very visible on the final video.</p>
  <p>Is there a way for me to setup the camera so that it doesn't re-auto-focus all the time?</p>
  <p>My phone is a Galaxy J7 (SM-J700T).</p>
  <p>I've seen many options to change the lighting, colors, etc. but I don't recall seeing anything about auto-focus. I'm hoping I may have missed something so I can use the phone camera without having that bad side effect.</p>
  
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Title: How do I prevent the auto-focus from bouncing on my Galaxy J7 smartphone?
UserDisplayName: Alexis Wilke
ThreadText: # How do I prevent the auto-focus from bouncing on my Galaxy J7 smartphone?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-05)
  
  I'm trying to film myself in a dark room with videos. When I start the camera, it records as expected: it checks focus and stops on a nice and crisp view.
  
  However, as I record every second or so, even if nothing changes, it runs the auto-focus feature. That means the video "jumps" (zoom in/out for a little while). It's very visible on the final video.
  
  Is there a way for me to setup the camera so that it doesn't re-auto-focus all the time?
  
  My phone is a Galaxy J7 (SM-J700T).
  
  I've seen many options to change the lighting, colors, etc. but I don't recall seeing anything about auto-focus. I'm hoping I may have missed something so I can use the phone camera without having that bad side effect.
  
  **Tags:** filming, focus
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-09-06. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Okay, I found the answer.
  
  After I start recording, I can click for a second or so on the screen where I want the focus to be. The camera is going to make that item appear in focus and then block the focus to that point until I cancel it.
  
  There should be an (AF) button appearing on the side. Clicking that button allows to go back to the auto-focus mode.
  
  Note that there seems to be two modes: one when you do this when you're not recording and one when you are already recording. At this point I have not found the real difference, but the items (buttons) appearing on the screen are different. So I would imagine that there is some kind of a difference between both modes.
  
  
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