Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canon EOS SOS Manual Focus. A key defining principle of the Canon EOS DSLR camera system was to make it simple and instinctive.

"Wait...what? An f/1.8? That's incredible! My Canon lenses start at f/3.5 at the best! Hmm... I wonder if there’s a way to use this manual lens on my DSLR..." I had ...

But What About Smooth Zooms? But these still photography lenses lack the ability to perform the smooth servo-motor controlled zoom--the "push" that camcorders have always provided with their built-in ...

[Guy] wrote in to share this motorized camera lens project he recently finished. He really loved the zoom lens, but since both zoom and focus are manually controlled, he sometimes had trouble getting ...

Conor started life in journalism at Digital Spy as a technology reporter, covering everything from Tim Cook's hypnotic dancing to the latest phone launches, before moving to Wareable Media Group in ...

The first PL-E adapter to bring autofocus to manual cinema lenses Shenzhen, China – January 15th, 2026 – Viltrox is pleased to announce NexusFocus, a new autofocus solution for manual lenses. The ...

A new, faster-driving version of its 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM lens is accompanied by an accessory that provides a zoom control for the lens. I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing ...

Just because you have a fancy new DSLR, it doesn’t mean you are limited to fancy new DSLR lenses. In the olden days, all you had to worry about was whether a lens would fit your camera. Now you need ...