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X100f Manual Focus

Started Jan 30, 2017 | Discussions thread
mrkarisma Regular Member • Posts: 131
Re: X100f Manual Focus
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DarnGoodPhotos wrote:

cabo wrote:

mrkarisma wrote:

I have the camera set to manual focus, focus on a desired distance with an assigned focus-button then leave it like that. When i turn the camera off and on it has the distance saved at the exakt position as the last time. Simple and works flawlessly.

The only issue is if I by mistake move the focus ring on the lens while shooting as the camera is set to manual focusing. I have not found any way to fully disable the focus ring completely.

Exactly the way I work. However, with the first firmware version the camera would reset itself to 2 m every time it was switched off. Fortunately Fuji changed that behavior after I and several others complained.

So a workaround is to turn on AF+MF and deactivate from the shutter release (I think you can do this, you can on other Fujis). That way in AF-S the focus ring will only be active if you half-press the shutter release before turning it.

Thats interesting, on my X100F it works the opposite way, this same setting turns off the focus ring when I half press the shutter.. Weird.. I solved the issue by putting tejp around the focus ring always locking it in place no matter what. It is just sad that you have go to these baroque techniques on a camera this expensive even though it is marketed as a street camera.. Common Fujifilm, FIX THIS PROBLEM!

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