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Why Manual Focus Only?

Started Sep 9, 2010 | Discussions thread

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Noogy

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Why Manual Focus Only?

Sep 9, 2010

Positive reviews aside, I am actually curious why would any one prefer manual-focus only lenses over those that over the AF/MF flexibility. Does it have anything to do with image quality?

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Zeiss-21mm-f-2.8-ZE-Distagon-Lens-Review.aspx
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Why Manual Focus Only?	Noogy	Sep 9, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Hundeboll	Sep 9, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Noogy	Sep 10, 2010
Several of Canon's sharpest lenses are manual focus. nt	Rick Knepper	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Thomas Kachadurian	Sep 10, 2010
Re: absolutely right	Joergen Geerds	Sep 10, 2010
Re: absolutely right	gdanmitchell	Sep 10, 2010
Re: absolutely right	Joergen Geerds	Sep 10, 2010
Re: absolutely right	gdanmitchell	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Steve Balcombe	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	gdanmitchell	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Kitacanon	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Mike K	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	gdanmitchell	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	joebloe	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Habemus_Canon	Sep 10, 2010
Not at all.	graphikal	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Dick England	Sep 10, 2010
Lots of reasons	jamesdak	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Kitacanon	Sep 10, 2010
Re: Why Manual Focus Only?	Dan_168	Sep 10, 2010
I prefer driving manual over automatics	js20D	Sep 10, 2010

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