X100f Manual Focus

davearthurs wrote:

It depends on the type of photographs you take. But if you are into busy layers, that is very hard to do with AF without a lot of focus misses, whereas in MF you already know you are focused on the background or foreground or middle and you only have to press the shutter. And any street work with fast moving people is also very hit and miss with even the best AF. Leica shouldn't be the only digital camera to own the MF space - Fuji could do both and prove a serious contender to Leica if they just improved their MF, then it would truly be a digital rangefinder.

On a related note: I’d love Fuji to make a very cut-down version of the Fuji X100F. Think: only ERF (no large EVF), manual focus only (no AF), RAW-only (no film simulations), and no LCD screen on the back. Think Leica M-D but even more stripped-down. And how about removing all the auto modes too, and the exposure comp dial. Just the three manual controls for exposure on the dials, and you’re done. A totally manual camera. That would take real guts, but Fuji is the only company outside Leica who could pull it off. (And they could do it easily - just using the X100F as a base, and removing features. No need to add anything.)

I know many of you won’t agree with me here, and will say ‘you can shoot your X100F like that already. But for me, less is more! And such a design, while attracting purists, would force Fuji to really develop their ERF and manual focus. The latter of which needs some R+D love (hard stops and distance markings please).