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Distance scale on XE2 disappears with with 14mm/f2.8

Started Jul 5, 2016 | Questions thread
bs1946
bs1946 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,777
Re: Distance scale on XE2 disappears with with 14mm/f2.8

vagabondino wrote:

I apologise for the dumb question but I have a strange situation here. On an XE2 I have adjusted the screen settings to always show the distance scale whilst in manual focus mode. It works with all my lenses (35mm/f1.4, 90mm/f2 etc), but not with the 14mm/f2.8. The moment I switch either the camera or the lens to manual focus, the distance scale disappears from the screen, which is bad as I usually zone focus especially at night. What am I doing wrong?

You are not doing anything wrong and that is correct; the MF distance scale is not turned on in the X-E2's EVF or LCD with the 14mm f/2.8, 16mm f1.4, or 23mm f1.4. All three lenses have the AF/MF clutch and the minute you pull it back to go into MF, you have both distance and DOF scales on the lens.

I took my X-E2 with the 14mm for some landscape work using my tripod as well. When I do landscape, I set film simulation to B&W, and peaking to red. The red peaking shows up very well on the B&W image. It only took a moment to focus the lens using the DOF/distance scale and the peaking verified it was spot on.

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