It's just different to what I was once used to, to me, not unenjoyable. The Olympus focus by wire is excellent and nets a good feel IMO with their better lenses. The Ricoh 28mm isn't quite so, but like with any very wide lens I either zone focus or use spot AF, which eliminates the problem. The 50mm I tried yesterday focuses very smoothly and precisely in manual mode.
Of course these subtlties of feel and preference are very personal. Feeling as you do, I might just say heck with it and wait for another R-D1 to come available. Or go for the gusto and wait until I can afford an M8.2 or M9. Might take a while, but that's not forever... :-) I blew my budget today and ordered a Skopar 50mm f/2.5 in anticipation of the M lens module coming up this Fall, so I'll have that manual focus feel with the GXR too. Can always get a nice wide or normal M lens too ... 15, 21, 24, 25, 28, 35, 40, etc are all easily available. On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> 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. > > I guess what I am saying is that this different technique is not what I > am looking for in photographic enjoyment. I have to actually enjoy the > process of picture taking as well as enjoy the results ;) > >> >>The focusing mechanism is not the reason why I found the X100 >>underwhelming. :-) > > Understood. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.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. > -- 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.
