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Manual Focus and X-Pro

Started Feb 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
Pocket Lint Senior Member • Posts: 2,540
Re: Manual Focus and X-Pro
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vundere wrote:

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).

I think your assessment is a little harsh. I don’t think the X-Pro3 is the worst of all worlds, rather, I think it’s a good compromise. Admittedly, I don’t think it’s as good as a true rangefinder when it comes to manual focus, but, you could flip the coin and say the rangefinder is the worst of all worlds when it comes to autofocus

Okay, in all seriousness, the little ERF patch works for me, I like that you can punch in zoom to get critical focus. It covers the portion of the OVF that’s obscured by the lens anyway.

As for focus aids, in the ERF patch you can still use focus peaking, but, honestly I never use it now.

I think that lenses with hard stops and zone focusing is the only other way, and this is what some photogs do with a true rangefinder anyway!

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