Is it diffcult to use manual lens like Takumar 50mm f1.4/f1.7/2.0? and is there any different between Takumar 55mm and 50mm? Which is better?
No. It is not difficult to use. In fact, maunal focsuing while slowing you down, allows you to make better pictures.
mmm, so what happen if you taking Baby or kids photos? is it diffcult as they usally runs around?
yes and no... some ppl can manaul focus and still take kids runnning around... but usually the hit rate is very low....and i know i cannot... :bsmilie:
Is it diffcult to use manual lens like Takumar 50mm f1.4/f1.7/2.0? and is there any different between Takumar 55mm and 50mm? Which is better?
mmm, so what happen if you taking Baby or kids photos? is it diffcult as they usally runs around?
i got perfect eyesight.. does it help? hahaha
Yes you need to get a focusing screen for manual lens. You can do without the focusing screen but you will need quite good eyesight and practice alot to determine whether the focus is sharp or not.
Of course manual lenses are harder to use because focusing is slow and you are liable for its focus accuracy.
Is it diffcult to use manual lens like Takumar 50mm f1.4/f1.7/2.0? and is there any different between Takumar 55mm and 50mm? Which is better?
Oic, but i don't really know what is a foucusing screen...... and where can i buy it?
Takumars or any of the M42 mount lenses are harder to use. You need to close down the aperture to the f-stop you want before taking the picture. So the process is slower.
For faster, I usually don't bother and just use the lens at a close down position, but that is likely limited to f5.6 to f8 as the viewfinder gets too dark beyond that.
My advice as in another thread is to get the K mount lenses. Use Takumars if you admire their usage/optical characteristics; is on a really tight budget and can get them cheap or are hard core.
(Btw, I do have 1 set )
http://www.focusingscreen.com/work/kmen.htm
Para 18-21 refers to how it works.
focusingscreen.com basically mods focusing screens for different camera bodies. the hot favourite for the K-X is the one modded from the Nikon K3 type.
another source is katzeye.
http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/
Sorry ah, but let me rant a bit. Ok, if you are taking pics of kids running around, I'd agree it may be quite challenging. Not just MF, even AF can be challenging too. But I do not know why people always relate this kids running around thing with manual focusing? It's not even a genre by itself. You have macros, street, urban, landscape, portraits, fashion, events, sports and more and I would say manual focusing is doable for majority of the genre! AF wasn't in the equation say a few decades ago but people did produce great photos - what does that say? It's alot to do with the photographer. For me, manual focusing links the photographer to the camera and until I had done it (with a proper manual lens and good spilt focus screen (Katzeye)) I did not know what AF has robbed me off from photography.mmm, so what happen if you taking Baby or kids photos? is it diffcult as they usally runs around?
http://www.focusingscreen.com/work/kmen.htm
Para 18-21 refers to how it works.
focusingscreen.com basically mods focusing screens for different camera bodies. the hot favourite for the K-X is the one modded from the Nikon K3 type.
another source is katzeye.
http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/
Is it diffcult to use manual lens like Takumar 50mm f1.4/f1.7/2.0? and is there any different between Takumar 55mm and 50mm? Which is better?
only when you have shallow dof.
even then, you can do er, "focus bracketing", i'm not sure if that's an official term, just focus to what you think is right, and then ease the focus a bit while firing continuously and usually you will get one shot that's usable.