kufelt
Member
Hello!
I just bought this little marvel and I am still in the learning mode to switch from dslr ways of doing things.
I noticed one phenomenon: whsn i ficus and recompose in EVF mode it is fine, keeps focus locked while half pressed shutter release. I OVF mode it seems to focus at the time of full press, so one needs to lock focus with AE-L/AE-F button before recompose.
Am i doing something wrong or fuji engineers enjoyed sake too much during design process?
Thx
I just bought this little marvel and I am still in the learning mode to switch from dslr ways of doing things.
I noticed one phenomenon: whsn i ficus and recompose in EVF mode it is fine, keeps focus locked while half pressed shutter release. I OVF mode it seems to focus at the time of full press, so one needs to lock focus with AE-L/AE-F button before recompose.
Am i doing something wrong or fuji engineers enjoyed sake too much during design process?
Thx
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
I just checked this situation on my XP1. It seems to work fine holding focus lock with half-press in OVF and EVF. Not sure what's going on with yours. Hmmm.... ?
kufelt
Member
Well, I have to revisit all the menus. There is possibility that I turned something off or on 
Lots of play time ahead of me that's for sure
Lots of play time ahead of me that's for sure
david.elliott
Well-known
Hmm. Doubt this is the issue, but do you have it in manual focus mode on the front?
kufelt
Member
Nope. Single shot focus mode.
POint goes green when half pressed, stays green but the subject covered by the focus point at the time of full press gets the focus.
And I am not talking subjects close to each other, I tried to move half frame from the subject I intended to get in the focus
POint goes green when half pressed, stays green but the subject covered by the focus point at the time of full press gets the focus.
And I am not talking subjects close to each other, I tried to move half frame from the subject I intended to get in the focus
david.elliott
Well-known
If you don't mind losing your other settings, and you cant figure out how to resolve the issue via the menus, i'd suggest resetting the camera.
kufelt
Member
Yeah, this is the next thing to do, although i would love to know what causes it to avoid the hassle in future
GaryLH
Veteran
I wonder if it is the parallex related issue..
Both the x100 and xp1 has a menu setting called corrected af frame. This is used in ovf mode. It brings up a second af marker for close focusing and the green box floats between those two boxes depending on how close u are. In ovf mode u need to know the parrallex difference in focus point. The default setting for these cameras is off.
Hope that helps
Gary
Both the x100 and xp1 has a menu setting called corrected af frame. This is used in ovf mode. It brings up a second af marker for close focusing and the green box floats between those two boxes depending on how close u are. In ovf mode u need to know the parrallex difference in focus point. The default setting for these cameras is off.
Hope that helps
Gary
rbelyell
Well-known
agree with gary's suggestion, but there is another way to avoid this issue. set the camera to 'manual focus ' mode. to autofocus just single press the AFL button (no need to keep it pressed). focus will remain locked and depressing the shutter half or full will only effect metering. i prefer to shoot this way as i like focus and metering handled separately.
tony
tony
kufelt
Member
Yeah.... Reset fixed it... Weird.
Thanx for suggestions, guys!!
Waiting for the new firmware impatiently, though
Thanx for suggestions, guys!!
Waiting for the new firmware impatiently, though
kufelt
Member
and it seems like corrected frame was causing the problem. my tests were with a very close subject, it was guessing the focus point wrong. EVF for close focusing and we're golden.
GaryLH
Veteran
Glad u figured it out but.......
If u are too close u should go to evf.. Once u get to about arms length, t is always better to use evf.... If u are using the ovf and u are shooting farther than arms length (>3 ft), then it is better to use the corrected frame lines, otherwise parallex related focusing issues creep in..
Cheers
Gary