Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I have not had these problems with the Fuji X-E1, but I don't travel as you do. A few well-placed pieces of black tape would secure some of those switches, such as the focus selector. Get creative, and nail them down. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/14/2014 4:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > I really don't understand what you are saying, Steve. I bought the Fuji to > use Auto-focus. The photos with the Fuji that are out of focus are all > because something changed on the camera. They are not just focused on the > wrong spot. They are totally out of focus either because manual focus was > turned on, or, for a few, because the aperture was changed to 22 and there > was not enough light. With the 14/2.8 lens, there are at least 3 ways > to accidentally change to manual focus. Every time I picked up the camera > some setting had changed. Evidently my hands hit right where that MCS > switch is on the front. It happened so many times that I had to check > every setting on the camera every time I started to use it. With the > 14/2.8 lens the collar would slip back, making the lens manual focus. I > don't chimp that often so I sometimes took hours worth of photos before > realizing that the camera was not focusing. > > When my Leica photos are out of focus it's because I couldn't see well > enough to focus the camera. There is no auto-focus failure. > > Tina > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Jul 14, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> ALL of the out of focus errors with the Fuji were caused by a switch or >>> button or lens collar moving to a different position by itself. >> >> Tina, the subject of this e-mail is statistics... I have shot with both >> Fuji and Leica. I reluctantly have to offer a couple thoughts, >> >> 1.this simply does not happen. (bouncing in a truck or changes by curious >> kids playing is different). If this were to explain all, then no >> exposures >> are oof for any of the usual reasons >> 2.when you shoot with the leica, for each image, the settings will be >> reset in any case. >> 3.people in the past have noted that a high % of difficult leica exposures >> are oof...this has ranged from perhaps 10% to a majority of times.... >> >> (the common problem that can be very hard and annoying to find initially >> is a change in the switch on the front, but one learns, as Frank Dernie >> mentioned.) >> >> >> >> The manual >>> focus switch on the front, the aperture ring, the manual/auto focus >> collar >>> on the lenses, the exposure controls all moved too easily, especially >>> bouncing in the back of a truck or messed with by curious kids. I got so >>> paranoid that I had to check every setting before I took a photo; >>> therefore, I used the Leicas more and more on the trip. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Frank Dernie < >> Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The focus (or oof) rate is very interesting. >>>> My observation with autofocus has always been that unless I take a long >>>> time making sure the autofocus sensor is exactly where I wish focus to >>>> fall, or I am using a slowish zoom, stopped down, autofocus shots often >>>> disappoint by not quite having focus where I want it. >>>> Is this the possibly why you rejected so many of the Fuji shots, or were >>>> they mainly macro (which almost always have some oof problems IME...). >> Or >>>> is it just me who hasn't mastered autofocus for anything other than >>>> quicksilver grandchildren! >>>> Frank D >>>> >>>> On 13 Jul, 2014, at 22:25, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> PESO: >>>>> >>>>> This is the kind of thing you can research when you have LR ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I have finally finished editing all of the photos from Honduras. I >> took >>>>> 1839 photos in all: 869 with the Fuji, 549 with the M240, and 411 with >>>> the >>>>> MM. >>>>> >>>>> Of those, I deleted 243 that were out of focus: 206 with the Fuji, 23 >>>> with >>>>> the M240, and 14 with the MM. >>>>> >>>>> From the remaining, I gave my highest rating of 4 stars to 103 photos: >> 33 >>>>> with the Fuji, 22 with the M240, and 48 with the MM. >>>>> >>>>> Of the 7 lenses I used, the ones that did the best were the Leica >> 35/2.0, >>>>> Leica 50/1.4, and Leica 90/2.0. >>>>> >>>>> What I have concluded is that I love the results I get with the MM. I >>>> will >>>>> be carrying it more often in the future, along with those three lenses. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not giving up on the Fuji, but it certainly did not solve my >> focusing >>>>> problem and I was encouraged by the number that I did get in focus with >>>> the >>>>> Leicas! Maybe all of that focusing I did with the Auto-refractor >> helped >>>> ;-) >>>>> I hope this is interesting to some. It was invaluable to me. I'll be >>>>> posting some of the 4's next week. >>>>> >>>>> Tina >>>>> -- >>>>> Tina Manley >>>>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>>>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >