I've got a Leica 3c made between 1940 and 1950 and Leica had it far from
right. I also have Kodak Retina IIa and Retina IIc cameras of roughly
the same vintage. Both are pleasures to shoot with compared to the Leica.
On 7/19/2011 6:30 PM, Bob W wrote:
With the Fuji X100, you set the camera to manual focus, then you press
the AF button on the rear to autofocus (that's not a typo) on your
subject. Once that's done, because the camera is in manual focus mode,
half pressing the shutter will not refocus it, so you can take as many
pictures as you want at that focus distance.
As far as I can tell, it's as easy as doing this with a Leica M,
except you go about it a different way.
well, I didn't know that - one of the big problems with the X100 is the
hideous complexity of its interface. I'll try your method when I get home at
the weekend.
Nevertheless, I don't think it helps me (I don't have the camera with me at
the moment to check) because you can't have manual focus and the optical
viewfinder at the same time, and I want the optical viewfinder.
I have it on AF so I can use the optical finder. In that mode, half pressing
the shutter release locks the focus and exposure (as I've set it up). I can
then recompose, but when the shutter has been released, pressing it again
for the next shot refocuses of course. So you have to focus, compose, shot;
focus, compose, shoot.
But it's not the only thing that makes the camera difficult to use - there's
also the issue of moving the exposure compensation dial too easily - no
interlock - and it being too easy to press all the other little buttons. Not
great. Leica got it right in 1932.
B
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