manual focus

[lollyrs]

Hi

 

I am new to photography and using a fuji x pro 1. I love the camera and have been getting to grips with features and have taken some pretty amazing photographs ( well amazing for me that is ) 

 

I haven't yet used the manual focus and am wondering if there is an easy way to see what it actually does compared to the automatic or continuous focus setting? Do I just turn it on and then try and move the lens like on an old film camera to bring a subject into focus ? or do I need to adjust the settings?

 

any help appreciated

 

Thanks

 

Lorraine

[flamidey]

By selecting the manual focus option on the focus selector, you will only alter the way autofocus works. That means you retain all other automated functions of the camera such as ISO, aperture and shutter speed, unless you choose to go into manual mode for any of them.

 

So yes it's exactly like an old camera regarding manual focus.

 

The X-Pro1 will help you manually focus through some nice features (focus peaking, focus point zoom) for example.

 

Have fun!

[Aswald]

Turn on M mode on the front AF selector dial.

Switch on "Shoot without Lens" in Menu.

Don't forget to turn on focus assist and set it to high.

Pressing in the thumb scroll dial will activate the "magnify" tool on your lcd.

Press AF button to move the focus square to the desired area on the LCD to check focus while shooting.

 

Turn the manual focus ring on lens to focus.

 

All else works exactly as it does in AF mode.

 

It takes a while to get things in perfect focus but once you do, It's a fun process. happy shooting.

[mqaa]

Switch on "Shoot without Lens" in Menu.

Why would you do that?

[Aswald]

Why would you do that?

 

Just in case OP decides to use a real manual lens instead of just trying the lens focus ring on whichever lens she has on her pro1.