{"id":4581,"date":"2016-08-26T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2019-11-17T21:48:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:48:03","slug":"manual-photographers-series-part-0-3-jannik-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/manual-photographers-series-part-0-3-jannik-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Manual Photographers Series Part 0.3: Jannik Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Hi Jannik,<\/strong>
\n can you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you use manual Lenses?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jannik:<\/strong> I am an automotive engineer from Wolfsburg, Germany. I started out with an Sony Alpha 200 in 2008 but I discovered photography as my passion when the first Sony A7 came out. I preordered it and was fascinated by the ability\u00a0to revive all the legacy lenses, that were “dead” for a long time. My first manual lens was a Canon nFD 1.4\/50 which was an eye opener for me. At this time, I only owned the Sony FE 3.5-5.6\/28-70 kit lens and I was never really satisfied by it. The sharpness and the creative potential of the fast\u00a0aperture combined with the bargain price (50\u20ac) were amazing. I added lots of Canon FD lenses soon and started to discover other systems like Olympus OM and especially Contax\/Yashica as well. With some experience, I found the different rendering styles of specific lenses and I am happy that I can choose between several lenses depending on the look that I want to create.<\/p>\n

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Sony A7 | Canon nFD 2.8\/24mm | Na Pali Coast, Kauai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sony A7 | Samyang 2.8\/14mm | San Francisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I have to admit that I started to use manual lenses to have the possibility to own a complete prime kit for a moderate price. These FD primes gave me access to a whole kit from 20mm to 300mm in adequate quality. The precision of my manual focusing improved quickly and I got used to the relations between aperture, exposure and sensitivity in a breeze. I understood what the camera did and what I had to do. This was the moment when I took over the control over my images and my photography. I am convinced that my photography would be on a much lower level today without manual lenses.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there are situations where I prefer the benefits of modern lenses. This is especially true for fast lenses, where the performance at large apertures has dramatically improved over the last years. Furthermore, Eye-AF is very handy for portraiture photography. Therefore, I also own a bunch of modern lenses.<\/p>\n

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Sony A7II | Samyang 2\/135mm | Frosty branches – apochromatic correction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can you give us a look into your camera bag and tell us a little about your gear?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Cameras<\/span><\/p>\n