Fuji Xt1 + Manual focus Canon FDn 70-150mm. Crappy lens but with some work in photoshop it comes out ok.

Crane's-Bill | Geranium sp. | Geraniaceae

Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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35mm Flektogon CZJ + Nesma, my 10 months dog

better on black

sigur ros

Manual focussing getting a work out ;-)

Manual Focus...decent?

Manual Focus Lens: Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar MC 3,5/135

For the record this was shot handheld, manual focus, on a forearm monopod on the center console of the car, shot past Christine's head and out the opposite side car window. LOL.

Peacock | Aglais io | Nymphalidae

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2

26mm Macro Tube | 15 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Mont Blanc zone. 35 mm. Voigtlander color-skopar.

Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | 15 Aperture Blades | f/3 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Balkan Anemone | Anemone blanda | Ranunculaceae

Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | 15 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Nikon, D610, 55mm, micro, f/2.8, manual, focus

Rosy Bonnet | Mycena rosea | Mycenaceae

Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8

10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Nikon, Z6ii, 28mm, f/2.8, AI-S, manual, focus

Oak and Photinia leaves.

Willamette Mission SP

I'm so glad I was shooting with the 300mm f2.8 ED IF ais this morning, as I had many of the geese in the pond fly straight at me when they took off. My scope takes about 3 1/2 turns from macro to infinity, but the 300mm is less than one turn, so I was able to manually focus the lens fast enough for geese flying head on. It was a VERY fun morning!

Sorry about all the dandelion shots ... lockdown means still lifes, or garden shots, or ... still lifes in the garden!!! Yesterday, I was experimenting with different manual focus lenses ... hence all the dandelion shots.

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

Urban fragments

Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f/4.5

River Leven, Dumbarton

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) display space: typical floor of former Northern Aluminum 10-storey industrial tower, built 1919 and operated until 2006 by Tower Automotive

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City of Toronto heritage designation, 2005 - Doors Open Toronto 2018

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SLR Magic 8mm 1:4 rectilinear ultra-wide-angle manual-focus lens

P5274535 Anx2 940h Q90 Ap Q11 0.5k-1.5k f25

Helios 2,0/58mm

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is a commonly cultivated evergreen house plant of the genus Kalanchoe native to Madagascar. It is known by the English common names flaming Katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe and Madagascar widow's-thrill.

Parallel worlds (vintage manual focus lens)

Snake's Head Fritillary | Fritillaria meleagris | Liliaceae

Explored on 11th June 2017 #06

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Hesperiidae

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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1am

Taken with the 50mm f1.4 Pentax manual focus lens. Modern sculptural bench in the business centre of Liverpool, given an almost "Lith film" high contrast look.

Urban fragments

Manual focus Candid photography using a Super-Takumar 55mm f2

I went up to Skagit, WA with my small telescope and captured this short-eared owl. Turned out pretty good for manual focus!

Weekend tent camping with our pups.

Frozen Head State Park

Wartburg, Tennessee

Saturday, July 25th, 2020

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Street washer (Vintage manual focus lens)

Urban fragments

Urban Fragments (vintage manual focus lens)

Nikon, 50mm, f/2, H, infrared, 720nm, manual, focus, lens

Sony a7 m2, 7 artisans 35mm +10 x Macro dioptre, f6, Manual focus, flash. The cat got badge with his food order, I'm keeping it cause he's earned it, he pays for his food and his life. ( Actual cat is below on my photostreem)

Nikon, D610, 55mm, f/2.8, micro, PK-13, tube, manual, focus

Wide-open prime lens shot of a wide-open flower.

Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestegon 29mm f/2.8

Sevilla, Cathedral, August 2015

D700 + Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 80-200 f4 manual focus

Please listen.

Playing around with my old Pentax DSLR and a few lenses I've rarely, or never used on a digital camera. The weather was clear and sunny, I took an opportunity to take a few bokeh shots while the sun was still well above the horizon. October 2021.

Taken with Pentax K20D digital camera and smc Pentax-M 20mm F4 manual focus wide-angle lens. Wide-open aperture, at minimal focusing distance to have as much bokeh as possible. I'm positively surprised!

Edad/Age 23.3

Cámara en modo manual focus a mano pulsada. NO SE USÓ TELESCOPIO, NO SE INTERPUSIERON FILTROS, NO SE MODIFICARON LOS COLORES. Zoom digital 100X (2400 mm equivalente, 428 mm focal length) EXIF solamente lee hasta el máximo de zoom óptico, no lee zoom digital.

Copié los nombres de los cráteres de The Full Moon Atlas Lunar Navigator

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HELIOS-44m f2 (Zenit) 58mm M42 mount - manual focus and aperture settings

Ivy-leaved Cyclamen | Cyclamen hederifolium | Primulaceae

Explored on 22nd February 2025 #372

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44M - 58mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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