Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 4, 2013, at 9:18 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > Bob Adler and I got together this past week. Bob was good enough to bring > down his XE-1 for me to view and answer some questions I had. > > > > This was a 15 minute test.. I will get to what I discovered in the camera > that I found problematic.. > > > > The camera VF is a confusing mess of information. An anti-M3 sort of. Bob > said that it should be able to shut off all the visual gadgetry, but we > could not find the button(s?) to do so. OK, I will take Bob's word that it > is possible... that would take away my comment about the VF info. > > > > I was very interested in the MF focus peaking mode. Bob had updated the > FW, > so the camera was ready to go..we used a 50 ASPH Lux as the lens with a > real > Fuji adapter. > > > > What I discovered is the focus peaking works really well IF you have a fast > lens that is set to a wide open iris.. F2 ( or whatever) instead of F8. > At > F5.6-8, the image DOF is so great the focus peaking seems pretty > worthless... The in-focus areas are too great, and the plane of focus ( > otherwise called the really in focus plane) is lost. Remember, this is > using a non Fuji lens.. In MF mode. focussing is made easier when focussing is difficult, when aperture is wide open..... when the lens is already focussed, then of course focussing changes are less clear cut.... so sorry Frank, what else is new? > > > > The saving grace is that I had no problem focusing on what appears to be > the > electronic equivalent of a ground glass. even at F8. And as in the "old > days" the GG was all over the frame, so you could focus anywhere. > > > > Shutter lag seemed short in this setup. Nothing I found an issue. > > > > A nice camera.. YMMV > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information