Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jay. Looking forward to hearing how you do. On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > Some quick thoughts on it. > I haven't taken many "real" shots with mine yet, but have done quite a few > testing and playing around. > > To use your M lenses and the Fuji M adapter, you need to do two things. > First, as Steve said, make sure your body has the latest firmware update. > Second, as Craig said, make sure the switch on the front of the body is > set to Manual focus. > When you put the M adapter on, it will automatically switch all the other > settings so the camera knows to manual focus only. > The M adapter has a button on it that will get you instantly to the lens > focal length settings, so it is easy to tell the camera what lens you have > on it. This saves you from having to dig through the menu. > > To magnify the focus, there is a small horizontal thumb wheel which is > right under your right thumb as you hold the camera. > Push it in to magnify the view. It will default to whichever magnified > view you last used. Roll it left for 3x, right for 10x magnification. > Yes, the magnified view fills up the finder or back screen; so think of it > like using a wide angle with a separate viewfinder with an M camera. > Rough frame and rough focus, then magnify for final focus, and then back > to normal for final framing. > One other thing, if you are composing at apertures smaller than wide open, > the evf will be slightly dimmer and grainier, but you can see your depth of > field fairly clearly. > > There is no focus confirmation or focus peaking, although rumor has it the > latter may be implemented by Fuji soon via a firmware update. > > Bear in mind, that I bought my X-E1 solely to use for flowers, sunsets and > the occasional "can't be anything but color" shot, keeping the Monochrom as > my primary camera. > The idea that I only need to carry one brand of lenses in the bag was the > primary reason, and I felt that the Fuji cameras gave me the best color and > IQ out of all the APS-C interchangeable lens cameras out there. > > Hopefully I'll get some time to take and post a sampling of shots with all > 5 of my M lenses this week, and also how to adjust the lens distortion, > etc. settings. > -- > Jay, > > Jay Burleson Gallery > <http://jayburleson.com/leica/**gallery/index.php/<http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > > > "A photographer is simply someone who is > looking for something that can't be found. > The photograph is the record of that attempt." > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- Bob Adler