[Leica] Focus Peaking on the Fuji XT1 with met Metabones adapter

[Ken Carney]

The most recent X firmware (XE-1 and XE-2 at least) have an AF+M 
setting.  You can autofocus and then if you wish refine it with manual 
focus and peaking.  I thought it was pretty handy.

Ken

On 3/26/2015 3:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Very nice and sharp. I am still trying to figure out whether focus peaking is relevant to my style of shooting (a fancy way of saying that I am still trying to figure out how to use it).
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>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 09:12, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
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>> HI Luggers,
>> At Shogun Camera, Lock Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, owner Denny Cheung sold me a Nikon F to Fuji X Metabones adapter.
>> This will let me use my few remaining Leica R lenses already re-bayoneted to Nikon F mounts on my Fuji X cameras.
>> I tried a 50mm Nikkor f1.4 on the adapter with the XT 1. I switched the focus mode to manual and, imagine my surprised delight,
>> when I held the camera up to focus and lifted my finger off the shutter button - focus peaking was engaged - and it
>> made achieving sharp focus a snap!!
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>> Here’s Denny, perfectly in focus, and in B&W as processed in CS6
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>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/DennyCheungShogun.jpg.html>
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>> And here’s Denny’s young assistant - the photo processed the same way.
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>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/VictorShogun.jpg.html>
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>> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
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>> Howard
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