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Quick set of shots in Jemison Park in Mountain Brook, Alabama to continue testing an old manual focus Canon FD 24mm f2.8 lens with a Sony a5000 mirrorless camera.
Monochrome mode(s):
There are four monochrome (black and white) modes—b&w, b&w with yellow, red and green filter. I've only tried "regular"—I like the contrast as it it seems balanced. I l also think B&W mode really shows the benefits of lack of AA filter. The image quality resembles that of Leica M8.
Manual Focus:
Don't expect manual focus experience to be like a rangefinder. It's nothing like it. If anything, it's similar to focusing manually on a m43 camera with an autofocus lens. In other words, it's no better (but not worse) than manually focusing on other mirrorless cameras—well, focus peaking assist would have been great to have.
On the Fujinon 35/1.4 lens, manual focus ranges from 4" to infinity. Rotating the lens from 4" to infinity takes approximately 12-13 (focus ring) turns; strangely, rotating the other way, from infinity to 4" takes 10-11 turns. I have tried it several times and I conclude it is slightly faster to focus from infinity to closer.
Having too many focus throws maybe good for videos but, it's not ideal for photographing moving subjects (especially if you want to shoot wide open). I have not tried using m-mount lenses; I am awaiting to receive the Kipon adapter. I would presume manually focusing would be much better using a rangefinder lens.
Obviously, one would not be able to get any focus confirmation using OVF, so, you'll have to use EVF. Focus magnification requires a press on the selection dial on the back of the camera. The dial location is well placed, right below where my thumb is. I believe there's only one magnification; it works fine for me.
Snap Focus:
There's no snap focus "mode" like on the Ricohs. There's an advantage to having a "mode" that allows you to set focus to several distances with a press of a button—it's faster. On the Fuji X-Pro 1, you'd have to set your distance by turning the focus ring on the lens. Snap mode functionality, in theory, could be implemented through firmware. Perhaps, Fuji will include that in the future firmware upgrades.
Set the aperture at f/8 or f/11, shutter speed to 125, and your selected focus distance, you'd be set for snapping quick shots. I'll have to try this on the streets.
One disappointing feature of the camera with Fujinon 35mm/1.4 in manual mode is that the aperture stays always completely opened until the shutter is pressed—once the shutter is pressed, the aperture is set to your selection. This causes a very slightly delay. So, manual setting really isn't completely manual like you'd get from a rangefinder (M8, for e.g.) where aperture is fixed where you have selected. Again, the experience, I presume will be vastly different using a non mechanical, manual focus lens like the m-mount lenses.
As you can see I have a small rusty and very dusty lantern on our terrace with electric candles inside...
Nikon D700 & MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm with TC-200 teleconverter.
ISO200, F5.6, 1/50 handheld and manual focused in ambient light.
tons of rain fell today.
and that equaled no motivation
to do anything really constructive.
ick. i'm hoping tomorrow is brighter!
French air force, Mirage 2000C
Number 115-OR: Mirage 2000B (two seats)
Bastille day airshow 2018.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor Ais 400mm f/5.6ED without tripod.
Crop 3K
Manual focus is handy in shots like this where the camera can't know which of the many points it should focus on.
Getting more bold with the manual focus on my Canon EOS camera, in situations where auto focus just isn't cutting it.
Original Uncropped Image
Angle of View of 3200mm effective focal length.
(400mm lens +2X TC + 2X TC + 2X MFT Multiplier Factor)
Camera: Lumix GF1
Manual Focus using DIY view diopter.
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On March 19, 2011, the moon reached its closest point to the Earth in 2011: a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away.
At its peak, the Perigee phase, the Super Moon of March 18th appeared almost 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons.
This was the biggest moon sighting in close to 18 years.
Leica M9 "Leitz Wetzlar" "Leica M9" Voigtlander Nokton 50 1.1 "Voigtlander Nokton" "Made in Germany" TheGodParticle "Hari Subramanyam" "Voigtlander Nokton 1.1" "Manual Focus Lenses" "MF Lenses" "50 1.1" "Nokton 1.1" "Nokton 50" f1 "Nokton 50 1.1" f1.1 "Leica Nokton" "M9 50" "M9 50 1.1" "M9 50 f1.1" "M9 Nokton" "Voigtlander 50" Munich Oktoberfest Cosina "Cosina Voigtlander" "Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 50 1.1" "Cosina Nokton" "Cosina 50" "Cosina 1.1" "Cosina 50 1.1" "night" "night shot" "Leica street" "Leica street photography"
Shots taken around Himley park in the West Midlands,decided it was time to do a bit of manual focusing so all these are taken on the 400D with a Soligor 135mm f 2.8 MF lens
Testing the capabilities of an AF confirm adapter on a Canon 20d body. Are they sharp? How about that bokeh?
Getting more bold with the manual focus on my Canon EOS camera, in situations where auto focus just isn't cutting it.
Leica "Leitz Wetzlar" Summicron R 50 2 "Summicron 50" Leitz; Wetzlar; 50mm; 50/2; f2; Walter Mandler; Nikon D90; German Lenses; MFLenses "Manual Focus Lenses;" TheGodParticle; "Hari Subramanyam" Summicron-R
Blende 1,9
New Petzval 80.5 f/1.9 MKII Art Lens Basic Edition Nikon F
adapted at Pentax mit Ausgleichslinse
One final picture of Pixel, my friend's cat. She kept me company while I was staying with them this weekend.
D850 with manual focusing Nikon 50mm 1.8 Ai Pancake on Zeiss Standard 25 with a 40x Plan lens
Abbildungsmaßstab 400:1
Querschnitt durch den Stiel eines Schachtelhalms im Längsschnitt 20 µm. Gefärbt mit Acridinrot/Acriflavin und Alcianblau. Zu sehen sind die röhrenartigen Leiterbahnen (Tracheen), zum Teil mittig durchgeschnitten.
Reproduction ratio 400: 1
Cross section through the stalk of a horsetail in a longitudinal section 20 µm. Stained with acridine red / acriflavine and Alcian blue. You can see the tube-like conductor tracks (trachea) which are partially cut through in the middle.
I have been practicing manual focusing with my Canon FDn 80-200mm F4 lately as I am planning to head to Pinnacles National Park for some hiking this coming weekend. If lucky, I might see some endangered California Condors there. This is probably the first time I leave my DSLR at home as I really want to reduce the weight on my back especially for long hikes and oversea travel. I also got myself a Camelbak Motherlore as a makeshift camera bag. I took it to Easter Sierra for hiking and it 's way more comfortable than the CaseLogic camera bag that I used to carry. Plus, the Camelbak comes with a mil spec hydration pack in a separated compartment ---- perfect for long hikes. Anyway, back to this image. I saw some swallowtail butterflies at Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge today. During noon time, they are extremely active and normally it 's very hard to capture their images. The best time is early in morning when they are more subdued. But I really wanted to take some pictures of them today. So I staked out right next to a tree and waited. I observed their flying patterns. They came and went in full circles. This particular one always came back to land on the plant as shown in the image. So I pointed my camera toward that plant, set the focus, and waited for the monarch to sow up. It finally did. I took a few shots and again I was surprised by the lack of contrast at F5.6 and 200mm focal length. I uploaded the images to my laptop and converted the RAW files into TIFF using Sony Image Data Converter after choosing the daylight preset for the white balance. I then exported the TIFF file to Lightroom and made some tweaks on the contrast, sharpness, and color. Again the histogram showed no data in the dark area and there was no overblown highlight as well. The weird thing is the dynamic range seemed to be compressed. I 'm not sure if this was caused by the optics. The details, however, were there. But it 's lacking the micro-contrast. So here is the final image.
f11
series of apertures with Sony a5000 & Canon FD 24mm f2.8
Abandoned Hood McPherson building in downtown Birmingham, Alabama shot handheld from the 8th floor of a parking deck. I am still getting acclimated to the new setup, so I hope I just missed focus here. I took a lot of other shots during the session at varying focal lengths so I should get a better idea of the sharpness of this old manual focus lens.