> But what on a still camera? I'm afraid I still want the manual focus on > a camera like this. Maybe if they release an X100 version with > interchangeable manual focus lenses (M mount? not gonna happen) then > I'll look again....
The difference is that on a still camera, you do not do focus pulls. You focus and make a single or sequence of exposures. A *good* focus by wire system is perfectly fine for this, in my experience, where on a video camera it makes doing the work impossible. The difference between a manual focusing helicoid and a servo-helicoid lens for a still camera simply means a different technique is used to adjust the focus. The focusing mechanism is not the reason why I found the X100 underwhelming. :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
