on 2012-03-19 23:16 Brian Walters wrote
The problem for many people (me included) is that while you can use almost any lens on other mirrorless systems, you lose autofocus. I still have and use the odd manual focus lens but more and more I'm becoming dependent on autofocus. Laziness is part of the issue, I'm suppose....
i've had the opposite experience, though it depends on a good viewfinder and lenses with good focus rings — i stopped using AF much, mostly due to circumstances (non-AF lenses that i found enjoyable, taking lots of macro shots, AF becoming sketchy on my 16-45) and learned that in many cases manual focus simply works better and i enjoy it more; this despite presbyopia setting in hard over the last few years
that led to trying a Macro-Takumar 50mm onto a Panasonic GH1 (micro 4/3) and finding that the EVF (such as it is) makes it easier to work with the lens in a few ways: manual focus is aided by the center magnify feature, and working stopped down is aided by the EVF compensating for low light (thus avoiding two-step metering clumsiness); and now i'm eager for a better manual focus + EVF experience (NEX-7, OM-D, Pentax ...)
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