On 19 July 2011 18:30, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> With the Fuji X100, you set the camera to manual focus, then you press
>> the AF button on the rear to autofocus (that's not a typo) on your
>> subject. Once that's done, because the camera is in manual focus mode,
>> half pressing the shutter will not refocus it, so you can take as many
>> pictures as you want at that focus distance.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, it's as easy as doing this with a Leica M,
>> except you go about it a different way.
>>
>
> well, I didn't know that - one of the big problems with the X100 is the
> hideous complexity of its interface. I'll try your method when I get home at
> the weekend.
>
> Nevertheless, I don't think it helps me (I don't have the camera with me at
> the moment to check) because you can't have manual focus and the optical
> viewfinder at the same time, and I want the optical viewfinder.
>
> I have it on AF so I can use the optical finder. In that mode, half pressing
> the shutter release locks the focus and exposure (as I've set it up). I can
> then recompose, but when the shutter has been released, pressing it again
> for the next shot refocuses of course. So you have to focus, compose, shot;
> focus, compose, shoot.
>
> But it's not the only thing that makes the camera difficult to use - there's
> also the issue of moving the exposure compensation dial too easily - no
> interlock - and it being too easy to press all the other little buttons. Not
> great. Leica got it right in 1932.
>
> B
Bob,
I don't have an X100 with me, but can't you disassociate AF from the
shutter release button and assign it to the AF button? That's how I
have my K10D set up, precisely for the reason you've outlined: If I
want to take many pictures of a subject at a fixed distance, I don't
want to refocus and recompose for every frame I shoot.
Cheers,
—M.
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