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X-E2 + 23mm f2

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
Jeff Biscuits Senior Member • Posts: 1,166
Re: speed
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larsbc wrote:

My dream X100 would be one with more MP and an option to put the lens into mechanical MF mode. Essentially a Leica Q2 but with a Fuji price.

I’ve often commented that I’d like a clicked zone focusing ring like the old Olympus Trip 35.

But in all honesty it would be perfectly adequate to have a customisable snap focus mode like the Ricoh GR, then it could be done solely in firmware with no hardware changes required.

Hell, even just an option to retain AF lock when the camera is switched off would do it, then you could lock once and shoot all day with the same lock.

With my X100V, I've tried using it in MF mode to establish the focus distance vs. using it in AF mode but setting the AF Limiter's near and far limits to be the same: 3.4m. Not sure if one is more reliable than the other...I *think* using the AF limiter might be.

I tried the AF limiter trick once but it didn’t seem very satisfactory—if I recall, if it didn’t find something at the correct distance it just made things more difficult. I guess it might work better in wide AF mode where there’s a better chance of one of the focus areas finding focus.

(Sorry, we’ve gone off on rather a tangent from the X-E2…)

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