I was going to buy a 40mm prime lens for my Canon T2i, but the guy at the camera store, told me that he likes the 50mm better for movie shooting, cause the focus ring, does not stop, and you just keep turning it. The 50mm had a focus ring that can keep turning where as the 40mm had one that stopped.
I played around with the lens, but if you keep turning the ring, that does not help. You still have to turn it back anyway when focus pulling. Let's say you want to move the camera closer to someone's face for example.
You pull focus as you move in, then the focus ring, comes to halt. You then have to start turning the ring the other way as you continue to move in closer.
With this type of lens where their is no halt, you have to guess where the halt is, and then start moving back. So what's the benefit of not having a halt? Why have it so the ring keeps on turning, even though you are going to have move back anyway, but don't know when since their is no halt?
I played around with the lens, but if you keep turning the ring, that does not help. You still have to turn it back anyway when focus pulling. Let's say you want to move the camera closer to someone's face for example.
You pull focus as you move in, then the focus ring, comes to halt. You then have to start turning the ring the other way as you continue to move in closer.
With this type of lens where their is no halt, you have to guess where the halt is, and then start moving back. So what's the benefit of not having a halt? Why have it so the ring keeps on turning, even though you are going to have move back anyway, but don't know when since their is no halt?
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