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Hi everyone,
I am stuck a bit here. I have tested the Samyang 85 1.4 and thought it was a beautiful lens on an old SLR where manual focusing was easy. I still shoot some film and the lens would be fine for this however I also shoot digital, Nikon, and wonder whether I shouldn't get the 85 1.8 AF D or G lens. Either are quite a bit more expensive.
Do any of you regularly shoot with a DSLR and manually focus? I am talking principally about portraits where the subject is relatively still. Looking at the viewfinder and zooming in is a bit of a pain. The camera and lens do show the focus confirmation dot thing though. How accurate can you be with practice? Maybe shooting at 1.4 is very hard to nail focus but shooting at, for example, 2.2 might be OK
Thanks
J
I am stuck a bit here. I have tested the Samyang 85 1.4 and thought it was a beautiful lens on an old SLR where manual focusing was easy. I still shoot some film and the lens would be fine for this however I also shoot digital, Nikon, and wonder whether I shouldn't get the 85 1.8 AF D or G lens. Either are quite a bit more expensive.
Do any of you regularly shoot with a DSLR and manually focus? I am talking principally about portraits where the subject is relatively still. Looking at the viewfinder and zooming in is a bit of a pain. The camera and lens do show the focus confirmation dot thing though. How accurate can you be with practice? Maybe shooting at 1.4 is very hard to nail focus but shooting at, for example, 2.2 might be OK
Thanks
J
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