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

vagabondino wrote:

That is eaxctly what's NOT happening. If the clutch is forwards, the distance scale is on. If I pull it backwards (into manual focus), the distance scale disappears. If the clutch is forwards, but the camera is set to MF, the distance scale is gone.

If the camera is in AF and the clutch on the lens is back, the distance scale shows, but it does not register any manual focus turns on the lens.

When you have the clutch forward, you have the lens and the X-E2 in AF, not MF. You can verify that because the focus ring on the lens will be locked. The distance scale you are seeing then is the AF distance scale. The X-E2, like the other X-series cameras has both an AF and a MF distance scale.

Go into SETUP MENU 1 -> SCREEN SET-UP -> DISP CUSTOM SETTING (bottom of second screen) and verify that both AF DISTANCE INDICATOR and MF DISTANCE INDICATOR are checked. Uncheck AF DISTANCE INDICATOR and the only time you will see an electronic distance scale in the EVF or LCD is when you use an AF lens without the AF/MF clutch and set the X-E2 into MF with the front switch.

bs1946 wrote:

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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