Episode 66: Manual Focus Lenses and Jeff's New Luminar Book

The autofocus capabilities in today’s cameras are amazing, so why would anyone buy a lens that offers only manual focus? Jeff and Kirk talk about situations where autofocus isn’t a consideration, such as buying inexpensive fast lenses or using an adapter to mount one brand’s lenses on another brand’s camera (like Nikon lenses on a Fujifilm body). We also chat about Jeff’s just-released book, The Photographer’s Guide to Luminar 4. We’ll be giving away a few copies to subscribers of the PhotoActive mailing list, and we also have a 40% discount code to share.

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Show Notes:

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• Examples of SX-70 photo manipulations at Flickr

• Peter Gabriel album cover. The photo was taken with a Polaroid SX-70 instant camera. The sleeve's designer Storm Thorgerson said: "Peter himself joined with us at Hipgnosis in disfiguring himself by manipulating Polaroids as they 'developed' ... Peter impressed us greatly with his ability to appear in an unflattering way, preferring the theatrical or artistic to the cosmetic."

• Episode #16: Buying and Selling Camera Gear

• Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter, Nikon G Lens to Fujifilm X Camera Body (X-Mount), $60, the adapter Jeff owns

• Fringer EF-FX PRO II EOS to Fujifilm FX Adapter, a Canon adapter that works with autofocus

• Fujinon XF56mmF1.2 R

• Fujifilm interview: 'We will get through this crisis together’

• The Photographer’s Guide to Luminar 4

• Episode 59: Luminar 4 and Its AI Emphasis

• Luminar 4

• Jeff Carlson Luminar 4 Rocky Nook Webinar: YouTube, WebinarJam

Our Snapshots:

• Jeff: Tripod Boom Arm
• Kirk: Sofa Sessions: Conversations with Martin Parr

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