Photos taken with manual focus only lenses

[Ian]

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@Ian: Your lineup is complete I must say. What I'm having difficulties with are looking for MF lenses that are considered UWA when used with crop bodies. In my case 1.6. I don't want to use the fish eyes because I can't put a protective filter over them (bulging glass).

You may want to get a film camera to get access to UWA Manual focus lenses.

[Ian]

@rockola, guys: Siguro one of these days mag photowalk ta using only MF lenses then naa ta t-shirt that says auto-focus lenses are for sissies. (Joke)

I love manual focus lenses because it make so easy for me to capture photos especially street shooting or active subjects. Some may wonder how come, but in all honestly using manual focus lenses is easier than some might think.

[cmontoya]

@Ian: It took me two weeks to get used to manual focusing but yes, the people in the only manual focus lens forum I joined said that eventually my eyes/hands will get used to it and I did. Although focusing at wide apertures is still tricky, it's do-able.

Yes, I will get a film cam on my birthday. I might just get a Pentax so it's compatible with my M42 or screw mount lenses. A lot of Nikons are available downtown but that would just make me hunt MF lenses just for Nikon. I do have a 28mm but that's behaving like a normal 50mm (44.8mm to be exact) so if I have a Pentax film cam, then I would have a true 28mm. Not UWA but wide for sure (equivalent to my camera's original kit lens at 17mm).

[MrBig]

pwede ko apil dri mga bros?? hehe!!! i am using MF lenses for my Canon and Micro 4/3 bodies... I also have 2 OM SLRs (OM-1 and OM-20)... will post pics soon...

[cmontoya]

Taken with a Jupiter-9 85mm @ f/4



I tested it during the OtakuFest 4.0 at UP yesterday and majority of my shots were unsatisfactory. I'm still getting used to the distance and I always accidentally bump the aperture ring and change the actual aperture of this pre-set lens.

[dolina]

Lens: Carl Zeiss: Planar T* 1.4/50 ZE

- native EF mount (so no adapter needed)
- camera controlled aperture
- focus confirm
- no focus motor


Pooh & Friends by alabang, on Flickr


IMG_4252 by alabang, on Flickr


St James Bazaar by alabang, on Flickr


Joed Denaga by alabang, on Flickr


Untitled by alabang, on Flickr


Untitled by alabang, on Flickr

[rockola]

one of my first shot sa ako pentacon.




Tried using this at the Thirsty Football Event sa abellana. Lisora! Taghap2x rajd makuha nga claro2x. hehe

[cmontoya]

@rockola: I like the first Nindot MF sa. They give your photos a unique look. I already set expectations na I won't shoot a lot of photos with MF lenses but the ones you keep would surely be memorable.

This was taken with a Jupiter-9 85mm at f/4 during last Saturday's OtakuFest

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[rockola]

@cmontoya: nindot jd sir. challenging au but the challenge is fun. definitely would go out more (and more) and take shots out of this lens.

[cmontoya]

I went out this beautiful sunny morning for a lone photowalk. I posted the photos here:

Lone Photowalk with the Jupiter-9::Manual Focus Lenses

I will also post them in the Photography section using the same title.