05-17-2012, 06:51 AM
[quote name='Studor13' timestamp='1337179673' post='18247']
"When your aim is to take photographs with wide apertures and extremely accurate focusing, high-precision manual lenses can make your work easier."
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... as long as you have a decent focus screen or the focus confirmation dot on your DSLR works well. And if I remember correctly from my last visit on that site (months ago), this was already mentioned in the article. The turning angle of a MF ring and the flaws of focus confirmation in modern DSLRs with that regard might give a headache. E.g. 24mm - 35mm MF lenses at close focus used at widest aperture (e.g. f/1.4) with the focus confirmation, might show unexpected results.
OTOH, I believe MF has obvious strengths over AF when it comes to some application areas... And vice versa...
Serkan
"When your aim is to take photographs with wide apertures and extremely accurate focusing, high-precision manual lenses can make your work easier."
...
[/quote]
... as long as you have a decent focus screen or the focus confirmation dot on your DSLR works well. And if I remember correctly from my last visit on that site (months ago), this was already mentioned in the article. The turning angle of a MF ring and the flaws of focus confirmation in modern DSLRs with that regard might give a headache. E.g. 24mm - 35mm MF lenses at close focus used at widest aperture (e.g. f/1.4) with the focus confirmation, might show unexpected results.
OTOH, I believe MF has obvious strengths over AF when it comes to some application areas... And vice versa...
Serkan