TEBnewyork Posted November 24, 2009 Share #301  Posted November 24, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry, I must correct this. The order is actually AF/AF Macro/MF. Cheers,  Sean  Without getting flamed by the non-believers.....where would you then set face detection ?  (The feature works very well on the GF1) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 Hi TEBnewyork, Take a look here Sean Reid's X1 Part 2 Review is up. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
khanosu Posted November 24, 2009 Share #302  Posted November 24, 2009 Hi F, See the corrected oder above (my mistake in the earlier post) but yes this can all be done with presses of that one button.  Cheers,  Sean  Thanks Sean! What is important is that pressing the button toggles MF/AF without using the wheel or looking at the screen.  For zone focusing: Focus to a spot using AF, press AF/MF button twice to enter MF, make a series of pictures. No need for the focusing distance scale, screen or even the focusing wheel. You don’t even need to be a good judge of distance; you know the zone of your subject, just use AF to focus on a spot somewhere in that vicinity and then lock that focus by going to MF  Take care!  Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted November 24, 2009 Share #303  Posted November 24, 2009 Thanks Sean! What is important is that pressing the button toggles MF/AF without using the wheel or looking at the screen.  For zone focusing: Focus to a spot using AF, press AF/MF button twice to enter MF, make a series of pictures. No need for the focusing distance scale, screen or even the focusing wheel. You don’t even need to be a good judge of distance; you know the zone of your subject, just use AF to focus on a spot somewhere in that vicinity and then lock that focus by going to MF  Take care!  Furrukh  Furrukh, that makes good sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 24, 2009 Share #304  Posted November 24, 2009 Without getting flamed by the non-believers.....where would you then set face detection ? (The feature works very well on the GF1)  Hi Terry,  I just checked the X1 and if there's a face detection option on this camera I can't find it.  Cheers,  Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 24, 2009 Share #305  Posted November 24, 2009 Thanks Sean! What is important is that pressing the button toggles MF/AF without using the wheel or looking at the screen.  For zone focusing: Focus to a spot using AF, press AF/MF button twice to enter MF, make a series of pictures. No need for the focusing distance scale, screen or even the focusing wheel. You don’t even need to be a good judge of distance; you know the zone of your subject, just use AF to focus on a spot somewhere in that vicinity and then lock that focus by going to MF  Take care!  Furrukh  Hi F,  Yes, I mention that option in the review. I prefer to have an actual focus scale but some do like to work this way.  Cheers,  Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEBnewyork Posted November 24, 2009 Share #306  Posted November 24, 2009 Hi Terry, I just checked the X1 and if there's a face detection option on this camera I can't find it.  Cheers,  Sean  Strange. I will go back and have a look. I thought I read it in the spec and thought traditional users will laugh/scoff but it really does work well in a number of cameras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 24, 2009 Share #307 Â Posted November 24, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Strange. I will go back and have a look. I thought I read it in the spec and thought traditional users will laugh/scoff but it really does work well in a number of cameras. Â You're right. It's in the same menu where one detects AF focus point settings. Thanks for the pointer in the e-mail. Â Cheers, Â Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammam Posted November 25, 2009 Share #308 Â Posted November 25, 2009 While we're at it, Sean, I think you say something about not judging colours on pics from a pre-production X1, but on my computer all your photos are always in b&w, and quite dark. I've wondered about this for quite a while. Is there seomething wrong here? I use Safari 4.0.4 on a Power Mac G5, under OS 10.4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 25, 2009 Share #309 Â Posted November 25, 2009 While we're at it, Sean, I think you say something about not judging colours on pics from a pre-production X1, but on my computer all your photos are always in b&w, and quite dark. I've wondered about this for quite a while. Is there seomething wrong here? I use Safari 4.0.4 on a Power Mac G5, under OS 10.4. Â Most of them are in BW but some are in color. They shouldn't be particularly dark if the monitor is calibrated. The site is created and checked on a calibrated NEC SpectraView. Are you running a recent version of Flash? How is your monitor calibrated, which settings? It sounds like something is wrong, especially if you really are seeing *all* of the pictures in BW. Â The monitor calibration settings I use, which are pretty standard, are in my review of the NEC 2490. I've seen my site on various friends' calibrated monitors and the pictures have looked as they should. Â Cheers, Â Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmna Posted November 28, 2009 Share #310 Â Posted November 28, 2009 Sean, Â Nice to see the X1 *can* autofocus! Thanks for the AF update shots, btw. ISO 1600 looks pretty clean without noise reduction, and the colors look clean and well saturated. Â Also, the Zone Focus essay was great, and fits in so well with a host of other essays on street photography on your site. Â BTW, was that turkey cooked in the plastic bag?!?! Â Ted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 28, 2009 Share #311 Â Posted November 28, 2009 Hi Ted, Â I think the Turkey was just moved from one house to another in that bag. <G> Thanks for the comments on the essay. It is meant to fit in with some of the other essays on the site. Â Cheers, Â Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexar Posted December 13, 2009 Share #312 Â Posted December 13, 2009 Dear Sean, Â It is runoured that the X1 will have a delay in release to the shops. Do you know if this has something to do with some tweeks that are in process or any other info about the progress or ammendmends to the version you tested ? Â Thanks Hexar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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