Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. The X-1 does have a single point focus mode but I can't find any reference to how one locks focus. If the camera does not lock focus and exposure with a half press of the shutter button it would be a startling omission, Regards, Dick On Sep 14, 2009, at 1:33 PM, nicolas vigier wrote: > On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> Mark - Ah, but will it focus on what you want it to focus on or >> bring some >> other point into perfect focus? I sometimes have to half press the >> shutter >> button on my D300 a few times before the focus points settle where >> I want >> them to be. >> >> With an X1 and an optical finder you'll know when it's focused but >> not on >> what. OTH, I'll bet that with an f2.8 lens and face recognition it >> won't >> matter. It won't be like focusing a 50 Summilux on the near eye. >> There >> only a rangefinder will do. > > What would be nice is a focus button, or half press of the shutter > button, to lock the focus on the object in the center of the > viewfinder. > > I have a Sigma DP2. It's a very nice camera, it makes very good > pictures. The only problem I have with it, is focusing. Autofocus is > really bad, it doesn't focus right half of the time, especially with > little light, so I almost always have to use manual focus, which is > very slow because it has to be done on the screen. > That's why I'm thinking about selling it ... > > I hope Leica will do it better. > > -- > http://n0x.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information