X-T20 | Firmware 1.10 | Touch panel operation when using the EVF

[manwithglasses]

TLDR; user can't figure out how "Touch panel operation when using the EVF" works

 

Ok, so got my new X-T20 last night, got it all set up (having had to go on YouTube to figure out how the back button focus works on this camera as compared to my X-T10, aaarggh. Why doesn't the wee square turn green when it's capture the focus like my X-T10 did .. ), updated to the new firmware 1.11, and am mad excited about the ability to use the touch panel operation when using the EVF.

 

However, having tried all the various settings and possibilities, it just will not work.

 

I have

 

• activated the touch screen on/off => ON 
• EVF Touch Screen Area Settings => ALL
• tried using the various view modes, without expected result.

 

I expect that when this is set up correctly, that looking through the viewfinder and touching the lcd screen, the focus points move in the viewfinder also. Is this assumption correct?

[manwithglasses]

Nevermind, figured it out.

Touchscreen, aye, but perhaps they mean "hold your finger down and drag it across the LCD while looking through the viewfinder and poking yourself in the cheek. Oh, and keep your nose away as well because that will also move the focus point". Not quite as snappy for the marketing, I'm sure we can all agree.

 

I was expecting it to work in exactly the same way as the LCD - you touch, it focusses. 

And also, a suggestion for the next update: a way to automatically re-center the focus point.

Edited January 20, 2018 by manwithglasses