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Confused about 15-30 STM zoom lens

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
OP Edymagno Veteran Member • Posts: 3,694
Re: Confused about 15-30 STM zoom lens

BBR5 wrote:

While I agree that a MF button toggle option would be nice, I'm not sure I'd use it over the MF options currently available. Perhaps if I were doing a lot of macro photography requiring frequent MF I would feel differently. But AF is very good on cameras today and I very seldom find a situation where MF is preferred or even needed.

I like the idea that the focusing automatically reverts to AF after you release a button enabling MF. In addition, I've been working with BBF recently and I'm beginning to prefer it for the flexibility it offers. And with MF already being always available with BBF on the FF R-series, all the better.

So even if a MF toggle option were available, I think I would still opt for the one of the existing MF options.

Some years ago I tried BBF but couldn't get it to work for me. In the possible event of getting such a lens I may try harder to get used to it.

Good hint

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