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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2020 18:56:10 GMT
Manual Focus - is that a Spanish geezer??
Very rare that I don't use AF when out and about ...
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Post by MartinT on May 27, 2020 19:01:02 GMT
I use focus hold a lot, then re-frame.
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 19:18:06 GMT
Manual Focus - is that a Spanish geezer?? Very rare that I don't use AF when out and about ... Creaky old lenses - I've got over 50 of them and they don't focus themselves, y'know! |
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 19:20:09 GMT
My Spotmatic and Takumar collection...  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2020 22:40:33 GMT
LOL - do you have a separate wing to the house for your collection?
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 23:00:18 GMT
Well, we do have a house in a different county. But those two things are not necessarily related.
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Post by julesd68 on May 28, 2020 12:25:51 GMT
One of the issues with having much more resolution is that the camera is less forgiving in any shortcomings in the lens.
A lens I used with my D50 is the old Tamron 17-50 2.8. Not perfection of course but it's a highly rated budget lens and once you know its weak points you can get some really decent results and makes an ideal travel lens.
So I decided to get one - had to get another as a lens focus motor is required for the D3500. Found one in mint cosmetic condition but my test shot of a brick wall exactly front on to me revealed horrendous softness down both edges of the image, not just the corners - that was at 35mm f9 - can you imagine how bad it would have been at 17mm f2.8!! No pixel peeping required, it just stared you in the face. So that had to go back of course. Managed to find another mint, boxed example. This one was better - only one edge was soft, LOL - still totally unacceptable, so that had to go back too.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 21, 2023 19:52:16 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Mar 21, 2023 20:03:26 GMT
Sad that there is no buyer to keep them going?
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 13, 2023 23:23:01 GMT
2023 Sony World Photography Awards - some great pix as you would expect. I think I will go to the exhibition at the most excellent Somerset House, a great favourite of mine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-65208363 |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2023 5:13:36 GMT
Some stunners there, particularly the aerial icescape in Poland.
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