RT_NEY Posted March 4, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted March 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) If I turn off the backscreen, and use the viewfinder will focusing speed up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest stnami Posted March 4, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted March 4, 2011 Now that's worth a chuckle:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiILX1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted March 4, 2011 Now that's worth a chuckle:) Â It's not crazy to ask- the manual states that the only detriment to using the fast autofocus modes as opposed to the regular ones (1pointf or 11pointf) is that the screen display won't be as smooth. To follow that logic, turning it off by having an external viewfinder would possibly increase it even further through diverting even more camera resources to the focusing speed rather than the screen. Â Sadly, the theory doesn't play out like that in reality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest badbob Posted March 4, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted March 4, 2011 It's not crazy to ask- the manual states that the only detriment to using the fast autofocus modes as opposed to the regular ones (1pointf or 11pointf) is that the screen display won't be as smooth. To follow that logic, turning it off by having an external viewfinder would possibly increase it even further through diverting even more camera resources to the focusing speed rather than the screen. Sadly, the theory doesn't play out like that in reality. Â The new firmware, soon to be released about 2 years after the camera itself, should help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted March 4, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted March 4, 2011 The new firmware, soon to be released about 2 years after the camera itself, should help. Â 2 years? The camera was released last February... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 4, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted March 4, 2011 I thought that the camera was released on 9/9/09 along with the M9, but only became readily available at the beginning of last year. Â Either way, March isn't two years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest badbob Posted March 4, 2011 Share #7  Posted March 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I thought that the camera was released on 9/9/09 along with the M9, but only became readily available at the beginning of last year.Either way, March isn't two years  You're right - March isn't two years, so we'll see which is closer. I so want to believe.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prk60091 Posted March 4, 2011 Share #8  Posted March 4, 2011 I thought that the camera was released on 9/9/09 along with the M9, but only became readily available at the beginning of last year. Either way, March isn't two years  I think technically the x1 was announced on 9/9/9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 4, 2011 Share #9 Â Posted March 4, 2011 Another chuckle for your reply.......... give the guy hope and then .... slam dunk.......... Sadly, the theory doesn't play out like that in reality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted March 7, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted March 7, 2011 I don't consider the announcement the launch date.. the us street date was in January wasn't it? Â Regardless, there were so few in hands, effectively it was March-April in the US.. iirc not much before that worldwide. Â Feel free to correct me if I have the dates wrong.. but still 18 months != 2 years.. though I agree the firmware is slow coming.. and I'm sure there's some sort of a reason. Â I just hope that reason isn't trying to live up to over promising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Muller Posted March 7, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted March 7, 2011 Read Erwin Puts's X1 review for some suggestions on how to speed things up. Â For myself, I switch off the screen, use manual focus and f11/8 set at 2m or between infinity and 2m for the majority of my images. I use a optical viewfinder. If I really want to speed things up I set the camera on continuous shooting and bang off up to 6 shots very quickly. Downside is there is a long wait before I can shoot again. For closer up people I once again use optical viewfinder and , wait for it, face detection! Quite slow but usually works well and is accurate. Â Switching off the screen, I think, wont speed up focusing but speeds up the overall process... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steinweg Posted March 7, 2011 Share #12 Â Posted March 7, 2011 for example for fast street shooting : manual focus @ 2m , apertures at f5.6-f8 just like with a rangefinder for fast shooting, minimum shutter delay in this config Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiILX1 Posted March 9, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted March 9, 2011 Also, if you shoot RAW, downgrade the JPG to 1.8mp back and white high contrast. It speeds up write times for that continuous shooting minimally by 10% (bringing it under 10 seconds until you can shoot again after a 6 shot burst). The high contrast is great for auto review to see things you missed with your color eyes, and doesn't affect your RAW file. I strip JPG on Aperture import. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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