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My trusty Nikon 85mm f/1.8 is in for repair at the moment after taking a fall from our dining room table onto a hard floor. Whilst it’s being brought back to life I’m using a Samyang 85mm f/1.4 manual focus lens that I picked up off here second hand a couple of years ago.
It’s an excellent lens really; it’s very sharp, contrasty, great feeling focus, but it’s manual focus and getting the focus just right at f/1.4 is mostly impossible. I get it right about 25% of the time on my Nikon D800, even when the focussing assister shows that it’s in-focus. I can tell it’s not going to be spot on as it says the subject is focus for a few degrees of movement on the focussing ring.
I was wondering if there’s any way of improving my hit-rate whilst manual focussing at large apertures. I think I’ll treat myself to a magnifying eye piece, but it only increases the magnification by about 30% or so. Is there anything else I can use; are there any other tricks I can employ to improve this?
It’s an excellent lens really; it’s very sharp, contrasty, great feeling focus, but it’s manual focus and getting the focus just right at f/1.4 is mostly impossible. I get it right about 25% of the time on my Nikon D800, even when the focussing assister shows that it’s in-focus. I can tell it’s not going to be spot on as it says the subject is focus for a few degrees of movement on the focussing ring.
I was wondering if there’s any way of improving my hit-rate whilst manual focussing at large apertures. I think I’ll treat myself to a magnifying eye piece, but it only increases the magnification by about 30% or so. Is there anything else I can use; are there any other tricks I can employ to improve this?