Manual focus still beats autofocus for certain types of photography and is an essential tool for you can use to take better images. Manual focus lenses are cheap and extremely well made too!
As a wildlife photographer I never really think about manual focus unless as you said I have pre focus on a spot wait for the action. But I think you made some good points there and I shall experiment. Thanks for posting.
@@captinktm I haven’t done too much wildlife photography but I can imagine autofocus would definitely be helpful a lot of the time. Thanks for watching!
Great video and I totally agree with you that manual focus slows you down and you’re able to more precisely focus on what you want rather than what you the camera thinks you want. Using the hyper focal distance is also an excellent way of doing street photography as well as nature or landscapes. It’s nice to have both AF and manual focus lenses. AF when you need it and and manual focus when you can take the time. The old AFD Nikkors can be bought pretty cheaply these days with many going mirrorless. Regards Gerry
I do love my cheap AI lenses. Although I re-lubed my 200/4, I still like the 135/2.8 the best probably, even with the focus-throw. That said, the uber cheap 300/4.5 is not a bad lens too, over-shadowed by the better 300/4 ED of course, but it is still great value.
As a wildlife photographer I never really think about manual focus unless as you said I have pre focus on a spot wait for the action. But I think you made some good points there and I shall experiment. Thanks for posting.
@@captinktm I haven’t done too much wildlife photography but I can imagine autofocus would definitely be helpful a lot of the time. Thanks for watching!
Who loves using manual focus lenses? Let me know your favourites!
Great video and I totally agree with you that manual focus slows you down and you’re able to more precisely focus on what you want rather than what you the camera thinks you want. Using the hyper focal distance is also an excellent way of doing street photography as well as nature or landscapes. It’s nice to have both AF and manual focus lenses. AF when you need it and and manual focus when you can take the time. The old AFD Nikkors can be bought pretty cheaply these days with many going mirrorless. Regards Gerry
Autofocus definitely helps when annoying your children with photos at the park. Even then I’ll often use manual focus😁
I do love my cheap AI lenses. Although I re-lubed my 200/4, I still like the 135/2.8 the best probably, even with the focus-throw. That said, the uber cheap 300/4.5 is not a bad lens too, over-shadowed by the better 300/4 ED of course, but it is still great value.
There are a lot of great Ai lenses aren’t there. Regardless of the optical quality the build quality puts most modern lenses to shame!