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 p.6 #19 · Leica Q vs Sony RX1rII - My in depth impressions | |
Just a bit of FYI regarding something I discovered with the AF and point selection. As you may have read, I complained about how you can't use the shutter butter half press to re-focus when you have touch AF point selection chosen. If you use the back button for AF it works well though, and this usually works for me no I personally have no issue.
However, I know some people do like using the shutter half press to AF, and maybe want that rear button for changing the frame lines. Just for fun, I was messing around with the touch AF + Shutter option, where you touch the screen and it both focuses on that point and also takes the shot. FAST!, Still blown away by how quick this camera is.
Anyways, what surprised me is that once it takes a shot, that spot where you touched the screen remains where the active AF point is, and future half presses of the shutter will continue to focus, so basically this more or less means the touch AF point selection works the way I think it should of all along, with the small catch of you'll get an exposure taken each time you touch the screen to move the point around.
So basically, we've now got 3 pretty good ways to move the AF point around on the fly with this camera
1- just use the D-pad, which is always assigned to moving the AF box around.
2- use the rear button for AF-On paired with the touch screen to move the AF box
3- use touch AF/Shutter to move the box around and then continue to activate focus with the half press of the shutter.
I'm actually finding the touch shutter to be pretty cool though, because for something like where I want to focus on my dog's eye, I do like using the touch point, since its quicker than just the D-pad, and really, for that type of shot, being able to touch the eye on the LCD and also have the shot taken is quicker than selecting the point and then trying to confirm focus and press the shot.
So anyways, at least for those with a Q, or that are thinking of trying one, give the touch AF/shutter mode a try, its a way to get some functionality I think the camera needs back, and its actually pretty cool in its own right.
Hopefully we might be able to see some more functionality through firmware updates too. For example, one thing I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE is if I could move the AF point around in the EVF by touching the LCD, like Panasonic (and now Olympus) allowing, basically using the LCD screen as a touch "trackpad" for moving the AF. Love that feature on my Panny camera's.
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We are back to subjectivity.
I don't use distortion corrections with people shots, but that is impossible with Adobe for m43... Maybe Q is different, but I shot m43 for last 6 years to know it.