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Great cheap lens :)

Started 2 months ago | User reviews thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: Great cheap lens :)
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davel33 wrote:

"It has one annoying fault, which is the lack of an AF/MF switch, and while the R7 and R10 have a switch on the body, the R5 and R6 don't"

It sort of does, You can use the focus/control switch on the lens. The problem is you lose the control function

That enables the focusing ring but it still doesn't give you MF. Half-pressing the shutter initiates AF, which sure you can then fine-tune like a fly-by-wire version of the old 'FTM' - very useful in some situations, but not like MF. The switch on the R7 gives you 'real' MF.

I'm aware of the BBF work-around of course, but I don't use BBF and I especially don't want to enable it for one lens.

I've put 'Focus Mode' on a My Menu page so it's a bit quicker to operate, and when set to MF it works nicely.

I don't want to make too much of this, it's one annoying feature of an otherwise excellent little lens. I fully agree with your 4 1/2 star rating.

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