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Manual Focus and X-Pro

Started Feb 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
vundere Regular Member • Posts: 187
Re: Manual Focus and X-Pro
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You'd likely have to use zone focus. My experience is with the 2, the 3 might have improved this so keep that in mind, but I find that while the ERF can be used in a pinch, it's not an experience I'd want for full-time manual focus use.
If you have an electronically connected lens, the bright frame does move as you focus, but I don't think that's any more accurate than just using zone focus.

I've compared my X-Pro2 to a Leica with the same lens (with an adapter on the X-Pro), and it's miles apart.
The X-Pro might have the aesthetic and the controls, but for manual focus lenses it's a worst-of-all-worlds solution. The OVF has no focus aids, and if you can't use the OVF then what's the point of getting an X-Pro.

The X-Pro series might look the part, but they're very much intended to be used with Fuji's own AF lenses, in particular the narrow Fujicron lineup(which are excellent, btw).

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Fujifilm X-Pro2 Sony a7R IIIA Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8 Zeiss Loxia 35 +5 more
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