One Touch Review?

[paul6001]

I shoot through the viewfinder but when I push the play button, I want the image to come up on the LCD. Similarly, when I push menu, I want it to be displayed on the LCD, not in the viewfinder. I know that I can switch display modes and then push play, but I want to do it in one touch. Isn't there some setting that will let me have it all?

 

I think Robert Capa had a similar problem when he landed at Normandy. I'm sure this issue has been addressed, but my search was fruitless.

 

Many thanks.

Edited July 16, 2016 by paul6001

[macabee]

Back in the day when Robert Capa landed in Normandy, he was probably using his Contax II rangefinder camera's, which did not even have a light meter! His problems were, not being killed or wounded by all the deadly munitions flying about. His few remaining images are iconic, most of the images he took on that day were so badly damaged in the darkroom as to be unusable.

 

He was unfortunately died in French Indo China [Viet Nam] in 1954 after stepping on a land mine. He was IMO one of the greatest war photographers.

 

I think he would have liked the X100 series for street photography

Edited July 16, 2016 by macabee

[paul6001]

I agree with much of your response. My point was that he was too busy worrying about not getting to shot to whine about having to push a button twice. Sadly, I think that I'm fairly representative of the digital generation.

[johant]

I agree with much of your response. My point was that he was too busy worrying about not getting to shot to whine about having to push a button twice. Sadly, I think that I'm fairly representative of the digital generation.

I guess such subtleties don't come across well in written text, especially on a worldwide forum.

 

Which Fuji camera(s) do you use? I don't think what you want can be done on the X-Pro1 or X-E1 at least.

[milandro]

I don’t understand the problem.

 

You have several settings one toggles between EVF and LCD according whether the camera is in close proximity of your face, it will show things in the EVF or otherwise in the LCD.

 

In all my cameras this is set this way and both the picture or the menus come in the EVF if the camera is to my eye and on the LCD if not.

[mqaa]

When I put my P2 into viewfinder only mode playback does happen on the rear lcd screen. The menu is displayed in the viewfinder.

[milandro]

you have three possibilities  "EVF Only," "LCD Only" and "EVF Only + Eye Sensor."

 

in the third one you shoot with EVF and look on LCD for anything else. I don’t understand what’s different from what OP appears to want to do...

 

http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x-e2s/menu_setup/evf_lcd/index.html

 

 

EVF/LCD SETTING

Choose a display.

EYE SENSOR Automatic display selection using eye sensor LCD LCD monitor only EVF Viewfinder only EVF ONLY +  Viewfinder only; eye sensor turns display on or off

The eye sensor turns the viewfinder on when you put your eye to the viewfinder and turns it off when you take your eye away (note that the eye sensor may respond to objects other than your eye or to light shining directly on the sensor). If automatic display selection is enabled, the LCD monitor will turn on when the viewfinder turns off.

Edited July 17, 2016 by milandro

[paul6001]

There is an answer, which I discovered just by fooling around with the "view mode" switch. (Note that I didn't want to use the "eye sensor" mode because I didn't  want the LCD screen lighting up every time I took the camera from my eye.) But there is a setting in there that will allow shooting through the OVF or EVF, but will make images available for review on the LCD when "play" is pushed. 

 

Way to go, Fuji!

Edited July 23, 2016 by paul6001

[Mike G]

I somehow don't think Robert Capa was using a digital camera!