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Subject: [Leica] Focus Peaking on the Fuji XT1 with met Metabones adapter
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:33:01 +0100
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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).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 26 Mar 2015, at 09:12, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:
> 
> 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!!
> 
> Here?s Denny, perfectly in focus, and in B&W as processed in CS6
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/DennyCheungShogun.jpg.html>
> 
> And here?s Denny?s young assistant - the photo processed the same way.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/VictorShogun.jpg.html>
> 
> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
> 
> Howard
> 
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