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M5 vs. M50?

Started May 21, 2018 | Questions thread
Wayne Larmon Forum Pro • Posts: 10,694
Re: Zooming in and out. And moving focus point without the back LCD?

Myrgjorf wrote:

Wayne Larmon wrote:

Cameleon wrote:

This is another reason to keep the LCD turned into the body and just use the EVF for everything, most of the time. The only thing I am lacking now is moving the focus point.

Is there a way to move the focus point without the back LCD?

Yes. 1) Press the button marked "Zoom Out" and then move the focus point up, right, down, left with using the key pad surrounding "SET".

Thanks.  I got it working now.

But why wouldn't you use the LCD as a touch pad to move the focus point? In weak moment I prefer the touch pad function to the joystick on my big DSLRs.

I want to see if I could completely control the camera with the LCD turned off by having it turned into the back of the camera.  I'd never thought about this when I was using my M6.  Now I have and wanted to be able to.  Not sure that I want to do this all the time but wanted to be able to do it when I want to.  Sometimes there are advantages to not having a big back LCD lighting brightly.

I'm having problems using touch on the back LCD (when I'm not using the EVF) because my fingers keep triggering the EVF proximity sensor, which makes the camera toggle between the EVF and the back LCD.  Especially when pinch zooming in playback mode and scrolling around a zoomed image.

Wayne

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