Here’s How Well Manual Transmissions Sold In 2024 The manual transmission isn’t dead after all. The last few years have actually seen an increase in the take rate of manuals across multiple brands. Even with just a handful of models on sale that still offer the ability to row your own gears, there’s still a number of buyers out there who are keeping the manual alive. Read more…

Do you prefer manual focus lenses? Why or why not? We know how great the AF of modern cameras and lenses but I know that a lot of photographers still prefer to shoot in MF. Also, popular brands like Zeiss still produce MF-only lenses nowadays that are more expensive than branded AF lenses. Meaning there’s still a market for it. I’m wondering why. submitted by /u/Friendly_Excitement7

Sharpest manual EF lens? Wondering what the sharpest vintage/manual EF lens is? submitted by /u/commandant100

Any recommendation for manual settings, please? Hi, I bought a Canon EOS R50 to learn how to take photos, and I’d love to get some tips on the best settings to use when shooting in manual mode. Specifically, I’m looking for advice on how to adjust for different lighting conditions, like in dark environments or in bright settings such as during sunrise or before sunset. Any recommendations on …

Benefits of manual tracking and budgeting? Back in the day I used to use a combination of MS Money/Quicken and spreadsheets to track debt, reconcile our bank account and plan for expenses. I used this method to become debt-free twice over a period of 10 or 15 years. We had a few things occur that caused us to fall into debt again. I have been using YNAB for several years now and it hasn’…

The Toyota Tacoma S-Runner Was A Cheap, V6 Powered Sporty Pickup With A Manual Back in the early 2000s, the Tacoma was still a small—ish pickup you could buy new for cheap. Base models with no options started just under $12,000. If you wanted a cheap, fun to drive pickup, Toyota had you covered. Four years before the sports car fighting Tacoma X-Runner hit the scene, the Tacoma S-Runner carried… Read more…

Manual Swap Your Ferrari, You Cowards Today’s high-end sports cars all use exquisite dual-clutch automatic gearboxes for super-quick shifts and better driver control than even a row-your-own manual gearbox can offer. But back in the heady days of the 1990s the technology just wasn’t there yet, and the best sports cars employed horribly unresponsive… Read more…

How to manual focus better? Just got a Nikon 70-300 mm f/4-5.6G Zoom Lens for my Nikon D60 and everything 100mm+ is blurry, any suggestions? Thanks! submitted by /u/Think_Idea_6175

Manual mode and controlling exposure? Hello, i wanna do highkey and lowkey wildlife photography and i wanna know if its possible to controle my exposure in a normal way like in “AV” but being in “Manual”. Whenever im in manual it only goes both way so i dont see how i cant simply just make the picture darker or lighter like i would want to, how should i do it? submitted by /u…

Settings for manual fisheye lens? Hi I am using a 7 artisans f2.8 7.5mm APSC fisheye lens , this is a manual lens hence I have to adjust the aperture and focus distance on my lens manually , I am going to shoot in a nightclub . I want to take pictures where everything is in focus so the aperture will be set to something like f8-f11 however I am not sure what focus distance to pu…

Vintage or modern manual lens? I’m pretty much decided on a focal length of around 23-25mm (equivalent to about 35-38mm FOV in FF terms for my little APS-C camera) being my favourite for street photography, and I would like to hone my manual focusing skills, particularly zone focusing. I have a few vintage lenses in my bag, but all are around the 50mm+ range, so I’m looking f…

Beginner manual camera? I’m an amateur recreational photographer and would like to own a manual camera. However, I’d like one not much more than $200 because I’ll only use it occasionally for fun. I’m having trouble finding a cheap camera with fully manual focus, any suggestions for brands or products? submitted by /u/FoxFeathers_

I saw a POV video of a street photographer using a manual focus lens to capture fast moving cyclists, cars, etc on social media but I lost it. They were nailing the focus despite it being manual, and the photos were super nice. Does anyone know who the photographer was? submitted by /u/TigerLeoLam

Rewinding the crank on a manual SLR without pressing the “rewind” button — what does it do? So recently I was gifted a Minolta XG-M to take a step deeper into my analog photography journey, moving from my point and shoot film camera to a manual SLR for the first time. I tried to search the sub to find an answer to this, but I didn’t find anything so it may be a silly question. I was recently taking some pictures of my family and I sho…

Canon R7 manual focus? I received a 400-800mm lens from a friend. It’s a no name brand off Amazon with no auto focus. When I work with manual mode on my Canon R7, it won’t actually take the picture. I have no issues using the same settings with my other Canon lenses. Looking for any advice and what setting I need to change so that I can actually take the shot. su…

Manual for this lens? Hey everyone, digital photographer here starting to get into film. I got this lens with a Ricoh kr-5 a couple months back on eBay. It was listed as a ‘sigma dl zoom’ lens but there were no further specifics about it. I think it’s a 35-80mm? I’m kind of a noob about film cameras tbh but I’m trying to learn. I’ve tried finding the manual online/so…

Renting Manual Car in Italy Hi! I am travelling to Italy with my fiancé at the end of the month, and we need to rent a car as we are going to a bunch of rural villages and places up and down the country. We are from Canada, but have been to Italy many times. Looking at rental cars, it is quite obvious that we will save at least $4-500 in price if we opt for a manual car….

Manual Label Applicators I’m looking for manual label applicators in the $500-$1100 range for round tubes, bottles, and jars. Initially I looked into Easy Labeler and Zap Labelers, but from videos, it seemed like both were a pain to change out rolls. I have 20+ SKUs and am looking for something that’s easier to swap around. Right now, I’m leaning towards the Bottlemate …

Manual lens for wildlife and event photography Hi, I have a Pentax K-x and would like to get a new lens because my 70-210mm AF lens doesn’t „zoom“ in enough for some situations. I don’t have much money right now so I’m thinking about buying a Mirror 500mm f8 or f6.3 or a 420-80mm f8-16 bothered Manual focus and would be delivered with the T2 to Pentax K mount adaptor. They both cost about 13…

First time shooting manual on my camera I finally dug my old DSLR out of storage to take nicer photos of my son. It’s my first try using a camera in manual. I think I did alright keeping him in focus on these shots, but definitely had trouble keeping him in focus and not blurry (kids are a difficult moving target). Any tips for keeping kids in focus, other than just faster shutter spe…