[Leica] Using the Fuji X-E1 with M lenses

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

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,

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