manual or auto focus (Page 2): Lots of things get me bent out of shape (Don't get me started!), but focusing a camera is not one of them. When I started photography in the 70's...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bull drink water wrote:

is it me, am i the only one who doesn't get bent out of shape over the prospect of manually focusing a camera? i was reading articles where the writers made a big deal out of looseing auto focus.i started before there was autofocus,i used a monster zoom handheld and manually focused.today when i feel like it i use my manual focus lenses on my current digitals.all but one of my lensed for my medium format camera are manual.any of you fellow old timers still ok with useing manual lenses?

Lots of things get me bent out of shape (Don't get me started!), but focusing a camera is not one of them. When I started photography in the 70's, everything was manual.

Most of my camera/lens combos can focus automatically, so that's the way I usually go. If I am doing close-up work, I'll use manual. If I want a specific item in the scene to be in focus, I'll go manual. I know there are probably a million or more options for setting a DSLR to focus, but for general work I use auto, and for specific, I use manual.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

sarge69 wrote:

As I grow older and passing 70, auto focus seems so much easier with these eyes. To each his/her own.

Sarge

:thumbup:

bobbym Loc: Portadown co Armagh Ireland

oldtool2 wrote:

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I have had both eyes done you wont feel a thing. And you will be amazed at how vibrant colours are afterwards good luck

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

bobbym wrote:

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Thanks. When my wife was alive she was legally blind. She had both of her eyes done and did not need her glasses any more! It was amazing!

Dont get me wrong, I get nervous any time someone messes with my eyes. I think that is only normal but this has become so rutine it really doesnt scare me.

Just one more time a doctor gets to practice with a sharp object on me, oh well. I told my foot surgeon I am going to hide all his knives!

Jim D

greg14

I just had my right eye done to remove the cataract and replace with a Crystalens.
Immediately (next day when the removed the bandage) the dull blue became bright blue and the yellowish white became bright white when I compared my right eye to my left eye.
The whites in a B/W movie last night were amazing.
Not many things make me say WOW, but that did.
I go in 3 weeks for the left eye.
My concern now is have I over compensated in Photoshop for the colors LOL

bobbym Loc: Portadown co Armagh Ireland

greg14 wrote:

I just had my right eye done to remove the cataract and replace with a Crystalens.
Immediately (next day when the removed the bandage) the dull blue became bright blue and the yellowish white became bright white when I compared my right eye to my left eye.
The whites in a B/W movie last night were amazing.
Not many things make me say WOW, but that did.
I go in 3 weeks for the left eye.
My concern now is have I over compensated in Photoshop for the colors LOL

Congrats makes you appreciate your sight more good luck with the other one

TomballLegend Loc: Tomball, Texas

bobbym wrote:

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77 coming up. Cataract surgery in left eye, what I site with, few years ago. Brought me up to 20/20 for driving and distance. I see no problem with my Pentax K10d AF, with usual 28/105 Tamron, but from time to time I will cede to manual since it is so easy to find on the body. Guess it's a matter of taste rather than science! Just remember what we are instructed by the Dos Equis Guy---"Stay Thirsty, My Friend!"

Izza1967 Loc: Bristol, England

Should there be any difference between using autofocus or manually focussing until the beep or light comes on.

I have been using the second method recently and have found my shots to be sharper but can't understand why.

TomballLegend Loc: Tomball, Texas

Here's the reason why we don't allow donkies to go to Texas A&M---No one likes a smart a--, but maybe you should check the batteries in yr hearing aid.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

bull drink water wrote:

is it me, am i the only one who doesn't get bent out of shape over the prospect of manually focusing a camera? i was reading articles where the writers made a big deal out of looseing auto focus.i started before there was autofocus,i used a monster zoom handheld and manually focused.today when i feel like it i use my manual focus lenses on my current digitals.all but one of my lensed for my medium format camera are manual.any of you fellow old timers still ok with useing manual lenses?

The older I get the less I want to waste my remaining eye power on competing with automation in my camera that has proven itself to be 100% accurate. It doesn't wear glasses nor wake up with a film on its sleepy automation sensors that doesn't fully clear up until close to noon. I see no need to manually focus unless it's a macro shot or other very shallow depth of field that the camera can't handle to do what I want done. Otherwise the camera does a nice job and achieves perfect focus much faster than I can.

Well thought out accurate automation and computers exist to make life easier and more convenient. I have no desire to compete with technology just so I can say I did. If it benefits me, I use it. As appalling as it may seem, there are times like a toddler's birthday or a shot of a couple friends in a restaurant where I switch my dSLR to full auto everything too. I know... bring out the tar and feathers...

pirate Loc: Alpena, MI

To Old Tool

You'll be amazed at result of cataract surgery. I found out that I had been seeing manilla instead of white for a long time. Brain compensates....Al I wish now is that they could fix my double vision, so I could get rid of all the prisim in my glasses.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

marcomarks wrote:

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:thumbup: :thumbup: Very well said.

davpal Loc: long island

there are times when you have the time to manual focus on the subject do so. then there is the situation where auto focus is
better do to the subject moving or you do not have the time to manual focus as you can not stop long enough to do so

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

sarge69 wrote:

As I grow older and passing 70, auto focus seems so much easier with these eyes. To each his/her own.

Sarge

I'm with you Sarge, I just turned 73 two weeks ago, have chronic dry eye and have to use AF all the time.

DK Loc: SD

sarge69 wrote:

As I grow older and passing 70, auto focus seems so much easier with these eyes. To each his/her own.

Sarge

Amen!