and (mostly) another. the 35-80 zoom that came with my zx-5 has helped
me
occasionally but far less than I had hoped in situations where I felt my
eyes
were not good enough. Hah. The really awful thing is not being able to
see
what one is doing because it is so dark. Even if one wishes to use auto
focus
it would be nice to be able to see the subject. Why doesn't this lens
let in more
light? It ain't cause it is just f4 -- my f4 macro lets in lots more
light. I also
found it very hard to focus but had not really thought about why. I
personally love
macro lenses for the reason that there is that greater angle - it seems
clearer and
more precise to me. Might just be my eyes.
as for grab shots, if one is using 400 bw or 800 max, hey, just set it on
f8 and 1/250
and go, I sez.
ann (too much time on my hands - down with a cold)
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Wieland Willker wrote:
>
> > I am one of the remaining manual-focus-only users.
>
> Meet another ...
>
> > [...] The new AF lenses have only a very
> > short angle from infinity to minimum
> > focussing distance (usually 90 deg or smaller).
> > This small angle makes it generally
> > difficult to focus manually.
>
> Your comment is most interesting as a number of people feel
> similarly, although I've not seen it discussed much on the
> list. Some time back there was brief discussion about focus
> feel, and a couple of the list members complained that certain
> MF lenses required too much turning to go from minimum focus
> to infinity, specifically some of the 85mm lenses.
>
> > I think the FA* or limited lenses
> > are not any better in this respect.
>
> I can only speak to the FA 43mm Ltd: checking my sample it
> appears that the turning range is about 150- to 160-degrees.
> I couldn't measure the exact angle, but it is substantially
> more than 120-degrees and a bit less than 180-degrees. I
> think that, and the focus feel, is one of the reasons a lot of
> MF users like the Ltd lenses.
>
> --
> Shel Belinkoff
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