Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos)
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:57:25 -0400
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I think that the magnified area is always the center to start with but you
can move it or move the camera before you magnify.

You can use the touch screen on the back to touch the area that you want
magnified on review.

Tina

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:

> 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?
>
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In reply to: Message from jbmmllug at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos))
Message from robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron) ([Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos))
Message from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos))
Message from jbmmllug at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos))