genji wrote:
Phillip Reeve wrote
I think your method won't work for me because whenever I have the time I still prefer to focus manually, I used AF for casual picture taking when socializing and for a few portraits. I also used the close focusing abilities.
I tried pretty much what you describe but my problem was that the focus at infinity wasn't a 100% were I wanted it which is no fault of the adapter, I would have had the same issue with a native lens. But when I send the adapter to the parking position I have a reliable base and know that my CV 1.7/35 set to exactly f/8 and 5m will give good infinity sharpness without sacrificing any DOF in the foreground. When I used the F45 setting, focused at infinity and switched to MF I didn't get a reliable base, sometimes I was just before infinity.
I'll quote myself about my workaround:
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Update: I worked out a workaround which makes the experience less annoying: With the app I made the following configuration:
F11: 35mm, Parking: Infinity
F13: 75mm, Parking: Infinity
F14: 35mm, Parking: Closest
F16: 75mm, Parking: Closest
This reduced the number of clicks to 17 or 18 and also made it less likely to end up with a super long exposure but of course it only works because I only use two lenses at the moment." Ah, now I understand. I'd forgotten you can specify the parking position along with the focal length. Your workaround is excellent in that it provides much finer-grained control of the DOF. Did you decide upon 5m at f/8 for your CV 35/1.7 after doing a series of tests? I've found that, when using adapters, the distance marks on the lens frequently don't correspond to the actual (i.e. measured) distance (which also renders DOF calculators useless).
It was just a simply zooming in at infinity and focus closer until there was an evident loss in sharpness. The Techart Pro is quite a bit too short to retain the correct markings.