Manual Focus - how? Can someone explain how to use this feature?
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It's pretty easy once you figure it out, though the ease of focusing may depend on your subject. First, press the focus button. It's on the back of the camera, the left side of the wheel if I'm remembering correctly. There is a little line pointing to Macro (flower symbol) and MF for Manual Focus. When you press this button, a small menu will pop up where you can select Macro, Auto-focus, or Manual focus. Move the selection over to Manual focus (can't remember if you have to press right or left, or scroll over) and press the OK (SET) button in the middle of the wheel. After selecting Manual focus, you will see a small box inside your image showing the center of the shot zoomed in, and at the top there will be a long bar with a few numbers on it. This bar shows what distance the camera is focusing, so if you need to get closer focus (which is when I always need to use it) rotate the wheel counter-clockwise and you'll see the bar move. You can see how well your picture is in focus by looking at the small zoomed-in box. Hope this helps
361637
Don't quite understand the question but I have the Pentax version of this lens and it can operate in manual or auto focus. Just flip a switch.
85183
Yes, and it's better than that. Depending on the lens you are using, you can go autofocus, or manual with the aid of the "green dot" in the viewfinder. The focus indicator light works with most lenses I use when I have it on manual focus, so you know if you are actually in focus. Not much excuse for out of focus photos with this setup.
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According to the manual, to "Select Focus Mode form the shooting menu, select manual . . . Focus manually using the command dial. Rotate the dial left to reduce the focus distance, right to increase."
2212347
Here is a REALLY obvious one. You can switch between manual and autofocus on this lense by pushing and pulling the autofocus ring in or out. It reads AF (autofocus) when pulled out, MF when pulled back in. This is distinct to Tokina, so not intuitive if you're used to other lenses. This lens autofocuses extremely well on my D7000 - it's my sharpest lens.
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There are adjustments screws that you can loosen to adjust the lens orientation so that the f stop and focus on a manual lens is properly positioned and visible.
1574758
You can't use autofocus. These adapters are basically designed so that you can use the lovely AI and AI-S manual Nikon lenses on the modern EOS bodies. You can use them in aperture priority mode, too (where you set the aperture, and the camera sets the rest). But the other program modes that rely on setting the aperture automatically won't work.
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It's working fine with the autofocus mode on your lens, would also work with the manual focus but you would have to preset the focus on the lens.Michael
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The focus is manual in still and movie. The zoom and focus are combined. You just turn the dial until you get the zoom and focus you like. It works great. We really love this camera. BTW, we have had multiple Kodak and Sony cameras and we like the Fuji camera the best. Hope this helps with your purchase.
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I figured it out. The lens can not be zoomed in to have full control over the manual focus. When zoomed out to a normal range, the manual focus will fully function, as well as macro, it seems.
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I have used this for a couple months, and its all auto-focus-- zoom, movies, stills. I have not used a manual focus at all.
779774
i was confused the first time i used it. you focus with the lens attached. but i still had to get in really close to the subject in order for the camera to autofocus properly
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Sure. Just set your lens to manual mode. However, it does not support focus peaking, so manual focus can be challenging.
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The function of this button is described in the full manual on the cd that came with the camera. Basically you can press it when you are in manual focus for a quick auto focus and when in auto focus it turns on and off the auto focus tracking for maintaining focus on a moving object. I haven't tried it but that is what the manual says. Hope this helps.
497238
you likely have to use the manual focus ring on the lens itself. This adaptor doesn't allow for auto-focus capability.
199624
This can only be used for manual focus. There are no electronics built into this device.
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you use the manual focus and then use the lensbaby for the desired effect! cool!