Why still manual lenses?

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Louis_Dobson
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Re: Why still manual lenses?
In reply to sgoldswo, 5 months ago

You are kidding me!  Leica lenses are manual because it is a rangefinder camera (mainly, although not always, bought by pseuds).
Yes, it is harder to make an AF lens, which is why most of the one-man-and-dog specialist lens makers are stuck making MF one, and why most people, me included, have minimal interest in them.
I've been using SLRs for forty years, and I want results, not nostalgic toys.

sgoldswo wrote:

ultimoamore wrote:

Hi,

maybe a stupid question, but my knowledge of this area is poor so...

Why some lenses are still produced with manual focus?
Example: samyang, Voigtlander...

Is it that hard to build an autofocus lens compared to a manual one???

It's in response to customer demand, pure and simple. There are many of us that, on occasion like or prefer to shoot manual for fun and guaranteed accurate critical focus. You do know that all Leica M lenses are manual?

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