07-16-2010, 02:15 PM
Hi Serkan,[quote name='PuxaVida' date='16 July 2010 - 02:56 PM' timestamp='1279284969' post='1045']
From my experience, I can tell you that using MF is a joy when it comes to my Zeiss 50mm. The MF ring is silky smooth and can rotate until you get bored with it. And the best part is you can choose where to focus by yourself without a need of one of the 51 or 18 AF sensor points in the viewfinder. This is really something, because even if you have 51 focus points they do not cover the edges and you need to focus & reframe (or AE/AF lock). But I'm not sure if the same is valid for wide angle landscape usage... I use it for street photography and close portrait shots.
Edit: All statements made above was excluding the need of a decent focusing screen. Because in some body/lens combinations the signal of focus indicators can lead false results and all you can depend on becomes a decent focusing screen.
Regards,
Serkan
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Surely you can switch off the focus indicators? I do...
I am convinved however that you do need a good focusing screen which supports MF, for the simple reason that generally the standard focusing screens with which modern cameras are equipped in the factory, are so coarse as to provide one with the same DoF perception as a lens stopped down to F/5.6 or F/8, which means that MF at larger apertures can't be correct by definition, especially if you don't stop down to those apertures.
I don't know whether that is what you wanted to convey, as I don't completely understand your post well enough, I think, so I thought I added this remark.
Kind regards, Wim
From my experience, I can tell you that using MF is a joy when it comes to my Zeiss 50mm. The MF ring is silky smooth and can rotate until you get bored with it. And the best part is you can choose where to focus by yourself without a need of one of the 51 or 18 AF sensor points in the viewfinder. This is really something, because even if you have 51 focus points they do not cover the edges and you need to focus & reframe (or AE/AF lock). But I'm not sure if the same is valid for wide angle landscape usage... I use it for street photography and close portrait shots.
Edit: All statements made above was excluding the need of a decent focusing screen. Because in some body/lens combinations the signal of focus indicators can lead false results and all you can depend on becomes a decent focusing screen.
Regards,
Serkan
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Surely you can switch off the focus indicators? I do...
I am convinved however that you do need a good focusing screen which supports MF, for the simple reason that generally the standard focusing screens with which modern cameras are equipped in the factory, are so coarse as to provide one with the same DoF perception as a lens stopped down to F/5.6 or F/8, which means that MF at larger apertures can't be correct by definition, especially if you don't stop down to those apertures.
I don't know whether that is what you wanted to convey, as I don't completely understand your post well enough, I think, so I thought I added this remark.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....