Does this have a manual focus or only an autofocus? could lead to a hard time with low light or night photography.
317566
It does have both. I haven't had trouble with low light/night photography. It focuses way faster than the 18-55mm.
317567
It is both manual and auto focus in both still image and video modes but in lowish light in video mode it hunts a lot, getting the focus wrong more often than not but thats a function of the camera. Not the lens. That said, it's an excellent lens but it should noted that it does not have image stabilization.
1192808
It is manual focus. Actually, it seems to be a lens from the 1980's, but it is new, and the optics seem to be accepteble. Nevertheless, it takes some time to get used to using it with a digital SLR such as the K30 (which we own).
719925
I bought this camera for my son as a gift. I did tried a little before I gave it to him. I did not have issue with autofocusing. Of course, it depends on what you are shooting and what lens you have it on. I did remember my son was saying that with the 200 mm zoom lens, the focus may be slower. I bought a Sony NEX7 latter myself. I do not have 200 zoom lens so I can not comment on that. If I need to zoom in for a shot, I use Nikon 70-200 lens on Nikon D700. Sony NEX camera is a great all around camera. I take that everywhere I go. Great image quality.
846039
Yup, manual focus. Somewhat difficult to focus at f1.4 on my D7000 - dof very shallow, of course. I found it a little long on the cropped sensor. The Voightlander 58mm f1.4, while also manual focus and a little more expensive, is the perfect focal length for head-shots.
509387
It's a very good, an excellent lens for low light shootings. It's manual focus , and on f 1.2 it's quite soft, though you can find the point of sharpness on the photo, but from f1.4 it starts to be sharper and more interesting! Happy New Year)))
846038
This is a purely manual lens. It does not auto focus on any camera body. If you buy the chipped version of the lens, you can set aperture from camera and you can see the green dot in view finder that helps in manual focusing.
298941
Even in Manual mode you'll have to switch the Auto Focus from AF to MF (Manual Focus). It's a separate menu option not connected to the Manual Mode function. Does the lens still try to autofocus when you depress the shutter button? If so, you still need to switch to MF mode.
968477
It's an autofocus lens. There is an outer ring that pushed in one direction will be manual focus only. Either pull the ring closer or push farther away and you should get autofocus.
416864
Like others who have answered, yes its awesome for night shots and its not ridiculously expensive like the Nikon and Canon options. This is a manual focus lens vs. the Nikon/Canon but you will have to focus manually anyways since your AF won't work at night. That said, the full benefit of this lens requires a full frame sensor but I have used it on the crop sensors and its great there too, just not as wide a field of view but wide enough in IMO.
1409499
The camera only has good quality auto focus when in the fully automatic mode. When using other programs the auto focus mode is not a top priority feature for the software. The auto focus takes a while to adjust the more you use the zoom feature. I love the camera. I own several high end Nikon SLR's but have more fun with this unit. There are several good books available from Amazon which are excellent on explaining the many features of the camera.
888898
As stated by the other respondents, yes it has autofocus which can be switched off to manually focus. I've had no issues with the autofocus on my Canon 40d. I also own a sigma 1.4 teleconverter. With the teleconverter on the autofocus doesn't work and you have to focus manually. I've found that 500 is usually plenty of range so honestly I've only had the teleconverter on it once and then only to play around. I was also highly impressed with the OS (Optical Stabilization) on this lens. It is very heavy, but with the OS it is actually not nearly as hard to hand hold as I thought it would be. (But I always use a tripod if I can... no kidding it's very heavy!) Hope this helps! -ed
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This lens is manual focus only. Keep in mind, this is an inexpensive lens. A good lens for the money, but it isn't a "super duper" $15,000 - $20,000 Nikon or Cannon lens. I bought this lens for "playing" purposes.
862232
No, it's manual focus. It is very sharp a great close up. It also has a spot for a tripod. We'll worth the money
31100
The zoom is Excellent!, but the autofocus delay a little some times. About the different lighting i not sure. Some photos that i did are in my blog fotosypaisajesdevenezuela.blogspot.com how reference.
2242140
Your best bet with any camera is to use manual focus, auto will always be hit or miss unless you are tracking across an empty sky. Gx7 has an easy toggle switch to manual/auto.
1663833
Usually yes. If you're in an auto mode there me be a delay for focus / light metering etc like most dslrs. However none of that in manual.
662611
I have not had exposure issues but I have had focus issues. Not really issues, as much as just not being happy with the focal range at all, or the autofocus system. If you are shooting auto I can see you having problems as the auto systems just do not seem to be up to par compared to other platforms