[Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos)

[jbmmllug at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> You mention the eye and indeed you  have nailed them in these.  Wondering,
> since most were with AF on the big lens, is there some sort of facial or
> eye recognition you are using?  Or did you use some other method to insure
> the eyes were locked on?


There are lots of possible focus points visible in the SL's finder, and
there's a tiny joystick nubbin you can control with your right thumb to
choose which is primary;  so once you know what your composition will be,
you can choose a focus point compatible with it and keep shooting that way
until you're ready to move on.  That focus point stays where you set it
until you change it again, which is good.

You can also move the place to magnify off-center, to help with doing the
same sort of thing with manual-focus lenses, but I couldn't figure out a
way to get it to stay moved - it always seemed to return to the center of
the frame after I'd returned to full-frame view.

Tina, you've had time to get to know this camera properly - is there a way
to get the magnified area to stay moved?