[rollei_list] Re: Zeiss 1.4 55
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:51:50 -0400
All well and good, but I have found it nearly impossible to focus manually
under most circumstances with any of the digital cameras I have used. The
viewfinders are smaller and optimized for brightness, which does not favor
manual focus. Usually, what I do is let the camera do its auto focussing on
my subject, trap the setting and reframe. It works pretty well. I vastly
prefer manual focus, but what are you gonna do?
Allen Zak
On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> The film/motion picture industry, arguably the heavist user of fine optics,
> does everything manual focus, and (in general) abhors AF. At least for
> film/movie work. You're using focus to tell a story, you don't want the
> camera to take over the reins....
>
> I think the same thing applied in photography, and when you know your camera,
> you should be able to focus as quickly and surely as any AF system. Plus
> you'll end up focusing where you want, not where the camera thinks you want.
>
> Cheers,
> Thor
>
> (been quiet here lately...)
>
>
>
> On 26. aug. 2013, at 11:37, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>
>> 2013/8/25 <Dirk-Roger.Schmitt@xxxxxx>:
>>> I am wondering how it compares to our old Planars....
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=4190
>>>
>>> And again: Still waiting for AF from Carl Zeiss.
>>
>> There are some good reasons to use manual focus lenses in the digital
>> era, even for digital shooting:
>>
>> http://digital-photography-school.com/5-situations-when-manual-focus-is-better-than-auto-focus
>> http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ten-reasons-when-manual-focus-is-better-than-auto-focus-18416
>>
>> Photographers using manual focus lenses all the time (like me :) )
>> don't need the training suggested at the end of the first article. If
>> my memory serves me good, there were some optical reasons CZ preferred
>> manual focus for their main lenses.
>>
>> Carl Zeiss had already manufactured a Planar 1.4/55 lens for the
>> Contarex system, it's the same design used for my Rolleinar/Mamiya
>> 1.4/55. BTW, this new lens would be different beyond the years from
>> the old lens, even for a full frame camera, since the way a sensor
>> captures the light is different regarding film, talking about the rays
>> angle incidence.
>>
>> Carlos
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