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That's doing the hard way. I did the same last century, mainly soccer but various motor sports too. AF is much better for sport but it doesn't replace experience.

You might be right but I'm unlikely to go hunting for a better copy, mine is a late model in excellent condition, perfect focus feel and nice to use. There are radioactive early versions which are ...

There's nothing wrong with that, it just depends on the application. I shoot mf 100% of the time for some genres, such as architecture, products, even when I worked professionally about 98% was mf ...

Thanks Alan. These were actually just lens tests for wide open sharpness (I was just comparing with another lens) but posted these as they were OK as stand alone pics (IMHO). You are quite right ...

It sounds like we have similar interests and tastes. Sorry if I can't help you re the specific lenses you've mentioned, but maybe there are other lenses which might suit you as well or better. The ...

Micro Nikkor 2.8/55 Ai-S @F2.8 on A7R4

Yashica ML 2.8/55 @F2.8 on A7R4

Easy, always shoot wide open.

The 'correct' direction is the one that you are used to and that you prefer. For the many years i exclusively used Nikon gear it was the 'correct' direction for me then. By the way i think Fuji ...

I know what you mean about having favourites, and often it can be for a combination of reasons rather than purely the resulting image. I am very fussy about the feel of the focus ring and how ...

Focus direction is a major factor for me. I have no issue with the Nikon focus direction for 'slow' photography, ie products or anything that doesn't move, but as soon as movement is introduced, ...

What did you prefer about the Leica?

Has anyone directly compared these two manual focus lenses on a modern full frame camera, the Micro Nikkor 2.8/55 Ai-S (NOT the F3.5/55 Nikkor) and the Leica Macro Elmarit-R 2.8/60? I'm interested ...

Leica R80 on A7r2

Sorry, can't help you with the R or RP, but curious which lenses you were intending to buy or if you already have some? Re your question about sony a7r bodies, there's tonnes of info on the net ...

The last time I looked into this was 5-10 years ago, unfortunately I can't find the link(s) to the discussions I'm looking for. In short there simply isn't any evidence to support the idea that ...

The 1.1M+ thing has been disproved and is simply a myth. Any of the high serial number Zuiko lenses are fine but the condition of the lens is probably the main thing. I have 8xxxxx, 1.0m and (had) ...

No single lens is perfect in all situations so it makes sense to test various lenses for a specific application and choose the one with the best overall performance. Or just buy an old Zuiko ...

If you allow price to be a factor then you are no longer being objective about a lenses ACTUAL performance. As I've already stated, 'value' is an important consideration but not on a lenses ...

It might not be fair to generalise too much about ML lenses because they are quite diverse and some are very good. I would generally agree that they are mostly budget lenses but there were some ...