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Giving the MZ-S's ability to work with older K-Mount lenses a try by trying out five of my favourite lenses from my collection with the MZ-S. They work, not 100% perfect, but they work well enough.
Pentax MZ-S - SMC Pentax-M 1:3.5 135mm - Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-125
Kodak HC-110 (1+31) 9:00 @ 20C
Scanner: Epson V700 + Silverfast 9 SE
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
Yesterday afternoon, I was at my front yard with my Leica M9 and Leica noctilux 50mm f 0.95 with the aperture setting at f/0.95, when this little hummingbird showed up unexpectedly. I did not have time to change the settings. Just had to manually focus and shoot real fast. I was surprised to be able to get a few shots. This is not the camera I normally use to shoot flying bird.
Image captured through the 1980-era Olympus G.Zuiko 28mm Auto-W f/3.5 lens mounted on the E-M5 II. This lens was salvaged from a scrap bin and suffers from dents, scratches, dust and a grinding focus ring, but it still produces beautiful results.
Shot with the Sigma FP and the Manual Focus Pentax SMC 35mm f2.8. The Bokeh of OOF depth is divine. I am hoping its the same with the Pentax SMC 50mm 1.4, though I don't own it. Have a Pentax SMC 50mm 1.7 but not using it as its ridden with haze and fungus. Gotta clean it myself.
Used Focus Peaking. Used K&F Pentax K to Leica L Mount Adapter. No Polarizing Filters or NDs used. Check exif for more details.
she landed to grab a couple bites of snowmelt from the weeping beech branch. i ran inside to grab the camera knowing she'd be gone. she allowed me twelve shots. this was just before she left.
Manual focus I mean. Shallow dof achieved by going wide open with the Nikkor 135mm f2 DC on the #Lumix S5M2
Manually focused again but I wanted to use a higher shutter speed and smaller aperture because it kept moving so I had to crank the ISO up to 3200. Yes, there are artefacts but I don't think there are sufficient to spoil the shot
A wonderful present from my beloved choir (cappellamusicale.wordpress.com)
D700 + Nikon micro 105mm f4 manual focus
This manual focus Canon FD mount lens is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I have mainly been using for indoor sports, such as taekwondo, for a nice balance of range with lots of light. I wanted to see how the lens would perform around the house on some fading Valentine's flowers. I took these handheld SOOC with natural light wide open and adapted to a Sony a5000.
Manual focus stack out of two pictures.
Shot with my 50mm f:1.8 and some macro tubes.
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Belvedere del Cavazzone di Viano (Reggio Emilia), luglio 2015
Zeiss Sonnar 135 f2.8 manual focus + D700
I was wondering how photographers in the past could manual focus hummingbirds in flight. This was before auto focus became available in camera bodies. So I did an experiment a while back using my Sony mirrorless camera. I read about using pre-focus technique and figured out what my hyperfocal distance was based on the aperture and focal distance markings on my lens. Unfortunately, the camera I was using was not a full frame camera, so I had to take into the account of the 1.5x crop factor. With the focus peaking feature on my camera, I have managed to capture this hummingbird in flight using manual focus. I would say my keepers significantly dropped to about 1 out of 8.
Lens: Canon FD 80-200mm F4
Adatper: Metabones FD to E mount