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I understand, all about adapting - I miss the dead accurate depth of field markings on my original manual focus Pentax 50mm 1.4 lens...

It was a set of circumstances unique to me. Well, almost. The last time I photographed a solar eclipse was on a ship 53 years ago. I was...

It was set to manual. But with the dimness of the sun’s image it made viewing it quite difficult. The filter is extremely strong.

I have an older MF Tokina 300 f/2.8 MF lens. Great glass but over the years the focus ring is too easy to move. I solved that by...

I have solar filters and photographed 2 eclipses. My mistakes in 2017 generated lessons for 2024. Knowing there was just 1 shot to get...

That’s what I did but used Blu-tac - a rubberised gel with good adhesive properties. My D7100 doesn’t have a fold down screen. Hence...

It’s not a prime lens of course. I don’t anticipate focusing on the moon would be a problem but extended to 500mm the focusing becomes...

No, the title doesn’t refer to Buzz Lightyear. 🤣 The focusing ring on the 200-500 has a marker for infinity. But frustratingly, it...