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XT-4 Focus check while pressing the shutter?

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erikjanneman Forum Member • Posts: 64
XT-4 Focus check while pressing the shutter?

Hi,

So I am taking some handheld macro shots at the moment and was wondering if I could setup up the camera somehow to stay zoomed in (focus check) while I press the shutter.

So I use a dumb manual macro lens (Laowa 65mm, no contact with the camera). I like to use focus check to make sure the right parts are in focus. Because it is a dumb lens this sadly does not work automatically when I turn the focus ring on the lens (at least I assume that is why this does not work, the setting is turned on in the menu). So I press the back wheel for zooming in. But when I (half) press the shutter, the view zooms back out. Because the plane of focus is so narrow I sometimes move a little (handheld) and the part I wanted in focus is not anymore.

Is there a way to stay zoomed in while (half) pressing the shutter?

Thanks!

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