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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
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Auto Revuenon 1:2.8 f=135mm
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 135 mm (x1.6)
ISO Speed: 100
Shot in RAW format with manual focus/exposure.
Developed with Canon Digital Photo Professional.
{85 mm: ƒ/5.6 | 1/400 s | ISO 320 | manual White Balance | manual exposure | manual focus | vertical crop}
Manual focus I mean. Shallow dof achieved by going wide open with the Nikkor 135mm f2 DC on the #Lumix S5M2
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.
I joined Flickr eighteen years ago, in 2006. As of 28 March 2024, my images on Flickr have been viewed over thirteen million times.
▶ Since 2006, I have uploaded 25,127 images for public view. That averages to approximately:
☞ 1,396 public images uploaded per year;
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▶ During 2023, I uploaded ~415 public photos to Flickr, nearly all taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10ii camera. The lenses I used were:
☞ Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4-5.6 R: 223 images (53.9 %)
☞ Panasonic Lumix G 20 f/1.7 II: 61 images (14.7 %)
☞ Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R: 52 images (12.5 %)
☞ Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300 f/4-5.6: 38 images (9.1 %)
☞ Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8: 28 images (6.7 %)
☞ Meike MK 25mm f/1.8 (manual focus): 13 images (3.1 %).
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▶ Since 2006, I have used six different digital cameras —excluding cell phones, 'disposable' film cameras, Palm PDAs, and 'loaners.' These were (are), in order, beginning with my current camera:
1. Olympus OM-D E-M10 II (2019 - present)
2. Olympus Pen E-PL1 (2012 - 2019)
4. Canon PowerShot SD400Digital ELPH
5. Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH
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I love playing the game of golf, and here is visual evidence of why. There are few places more beautiful than golf courses. They start with a beautiful piece of property and then pay a bunch of people to make it more beautiful...and keep it that way. BTW, this shot was taken with this old, off brand M42 135mm f/2.8 manual focus lens. When it is stopped to f/4 or smaller, it is just incredibly sharp and contrasty (even on a demanding full frame sensor). I paid $15 for it. Just don't point it into the sun...
Technical info: Canon EOS 5DMKII, Image SMC 135mm f/2.8 M42 lens, Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4 and Adobe Photoshop CS5, toned in Alien Skin Exposure
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