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Re: [OM] M lenses mounted on X Pro 1 and X-T1 bodies

Subject: Re: [OM] M lenses mounted on X Pro 1 and X-T1 bodies
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:55:51 -0300
Progress indeed ! Thanks for your advice.

Is it that the X-T1 and X-Pro1 owner's manuals have all their comprehensive focusing information hidden away in a corner or on pages not in my copies?

Even some of the YouTube help / info videos are not overly helpful, some are even confusing.

jh



On 8/4/2016 2:26 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
Progress! Make sure that you have the focus peaking set "High".

And the final question is easy - the XPro1 does not have a split image
"rangefinder" at all.

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
John Hudson
Sent: 04 August 2016 18:06
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] M lenses mounted on X Pro 1 and X-T1 bodies

Piers .......... setting the MCS wheel to M got the split image effect
for my 35/1.4 lens as well as the focusing distance scale along the
bottom of the EVF and the rear screen on my X-T1. Voila !

By setting the MCS wheel on the X Pro 1 to M I activate the manual focus
wheel on the lens itself. Depressing the rear wheel on the X Pro 1
brings up a magnified portion of the image in both the EVF and the rear
screen which in focusing but nowhere near as well as using a split image.

How do I effect the split image effect on the X Pro 1 ?

jh

On 8/4/2016 1:15 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
Not sure what you mean by " manually focusable Fuji lenses of which I have
only two .......... the 14/2.8 and the 23/1.4. If
only the split image focusing option was available for all Fuji lenses !"
While those two lenses are the only Fuji lenses with a focus scale on the
lens, I have no problem at all using manual focus on the 18/2, 18-55/4 and
55-200/5.6, so long as I have the MCS selector set to M. I can even get a
magnified central section if I press in the rear wheel.

But the digi-rangefinder will not work if you have MCS set to S, as I
understand it.

I can't fathom why MF Assist is greyed out, but I do know why it isn't
included on pages xiv and xv. It's because there is no mention in the main
text itself!

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
John Hudson
Sent: 04 August 2016 15:38
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] M lenses mounted on X Pro 1 and X-T1 bodies

No digi-rangefinder display other than for manually focusable Fuji
lenses of which I have only two .......... the 14/2.8 and the 23/1.4. If
only the split image focusing option was available for all Fuji lenses !

Meanwhile, I am now working out how I can, or if I can, engage the focus
assist feature as well as the manual focus assist features on my X Pro
1. The "MF Assist" feature on the X Pro 1's 5th shooting menu is greyed
out and inoperative. My X Pro 1 owner's manual does not include the MF
Assist feature in the shooting menu index on pages xiv and xv !

jh

On 8/4/2016 10:50 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
Yes, John, and indeed it applies to *any* lens mounted on any APS-C
sensor
body (not just Fuji X), the field of view will be about 1.6 times that
expected of a lens with the same focal length, when used on any 35mm full
frame body (not just a 4T!).

It is a property of the sensor dimensions.

More to the point, does it give you the digi-rangefinder display?

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
John Hudson
Sent: 04 August 2016 12:59
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: [OM] M lenses mounted on X Pro 1 and X-T1 bodies

A 50mm / f2 M-Konica lens mounted on an X-T1 body appears to give a
horizontal angle of view approximately equal to that from a 75mm or 80mm
lens mounted on an OM4T body.

Is this 1.5 times multiple standard throughout the range of 35mm camera
lenses which are mountable on X Pro 1 and X - T1 bodies?

jh


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