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Zoom/Focus rotation direction - Does it matter to you?

Started Dec 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Leonil Regular Member • Posts: 163
Re: Yes; I prefer Nikon for manual focusing.

Rexgig0 wrote:

Notably, Zeiss ZF and ZE lenses, if I remember correctly, focus in the "correct" direction for each mount.

Yes, I noticed that too - When I bought a Zeiss lens for my Leica, it focused the same way (clockwise for closer subjects, anti-clockwise for infinity.) which in my view is intuitive when manual focusing with one finger (finger close = close, finger away from you = far away.)

But when I saw the same Zeiss lens on a Nikon mount, I was floored to see all the numbers the opposite direction. It was an eye opening experience and why I recently write this post as I am experiencing something new for the first time - I feel like I am learning photography again.

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