All the time -definitely not because my camera’s autofocus is broken- .Don’t get me wrong, it is pretty hard. Most especially through the viewfinder. Most of the time i was getting out of focus shots which ruins the whole photo but when i nail it, so satisfying.

When shooting video, night sky.

In Photos I use it rarely. Only if the Autofokus doesn’t know which Person it should focus when there are a few people in the frame.

When shooting with my Zeiss lenses.

I use manual focus for macro photography and film photography. On my X-T5, the focus peaking is really good, so it helps a ton for getting focus right w/ my macro lens. Also there are sometimes instances where autofocus struggles, like low light, or if there’s a fence in front of my subject (like at the zoo), so I switch to manual focus to force it to focus on what I want rather than what is closer.

On my OM-10, there’s just no choice but to manual focus lol. It works well enough.

I use manual focus when my lens doesn’t have the ability to auto focus.

I both bob back and forth while adjusting focus in both directions. Hopefully something comes out.

Astro stuff and nowhere else, unless AF literally isn’t an option. All AF all the time for paid work. I don’t pay big bucks for fancy cameras with fancy AF systems to fuck around with manual focus and miss a shot for a client.

I cannot use manual focus I am too blind for that

I use it on a tripod when I have used the live screen preview (Canon 70D) and zoomed in to where I want the focus and it’s not in focus enough.

This might be my problem though. May have dropped the camera from a small height onto the lens, years ago.

I’m sure mirrorless is different, but traditional AF can be finicky. Additionally, I use my camera tethered most of the time and it is the first Generation Canon DPAF, and sometimes it just doesn’t want to focus, and since my lens is STM and doesn’t have full-time manual, I have to switch it to MF on a fairly frequent basis.

when shooting extreme bokeh shots of mostly nature subjects, astro, macro stuff

Never. I dont own any AF lenses.

If I was doing events or sports, then sure, but the kind of photography I do I find AF to take part of the joy away. Love a good all manual lens.

• To set my initial focus point for a focus bracket.
• For close shooting where a want a specific item in focus (parts of a flower or whatever).
• For Milky Way shots (fine tune starts to bright points)
• Fireworks. Focus on a landmark near the launch site and flip to manual to lock in focus.

Just a handful off the top of my head.

100% of the time - vintage lenses w/peaking.

Astrophotography!