Why do many people like manual lens? The charm of manual lens.

Manual lenses are not low-end lenses, and the manual lenses that can spread to today are classic, such as Zeiss 50 F 1.4, Septon 50 F2, Leica 50 F 1.4, AIS 85 F 1.4 and Olympus 55 F 1.2. These lenses are very mature in structure, stable in performance and excellent in imaging, not worse than the current AF lenses at all, and even better in some aspects (such as color), which is the most fundamental reason why they are still in use. If a shot is just beautiful but not easy to use, it will soon be forgotten.

Some people say that people who use manual lenses are diaosi, but I beg to differ. First of all, manual lenses are not cheap. None of the above-mentioned lenses is less than 2500 yuan (of course, there are some cheap lenses, such as Longteng, Shima and Qineng's early lenses). Secondly, manual lens is a test of the basic skills of photography. Manual lenses don't measure light on most machines, and of course they can't AF. It requires manual focusing and exposure estimation, which is definitely beyond the control of a beginner.