howiebrou Posted April 6, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 6, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Today, i held the S1R for the first time and it felt more comfortable than my SL. When I MF the 24-105 pansonic lens, a little box automatically appeared at the bottom of the EVF showing focus peaking and the distance I was zooming. My question is does this box also appear automatically if i use the M lenses with the Leica M to L adapter. One thing i don't like about the SL is the need to press a button to activate focus peaking c.f. the M bodies. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlanYWM Posted April 6, 2019 Share #2 Posted April 6, 2019 I am afraid you will have to press a button to activate the zooming feature within the EVF/LCD on the S1R with M lenses. It is not done automatically. At this point in time, I don't think you can customise the camera to automatically have this pop up feature during manual focusing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 6, 2019 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) Having said that the peaking is on automatically with MF ..... and is much clearer and more accurate than on the SL. A press of the joystick on the back brings up the magnified window and the rear thumb-dial increases/decreases magnification. It vanishes on half pressing the shutter...... so unlike the SL the button to activate it is under your thumb. OK, it's not like the M implementation but it is far better than on the SL. To be honest ....combined with the better EVF I doubt you would need magnification ...... even with the 75/2 or Noctilux. Edited April 6, 2019 by thighslapper 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaGuy2014 Posted April 7, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 7, 2019 i can confirm thighslapper's comment - the new EVF, combined with the automatic focus peaking, makes focusing the Noctilux rather easy 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howiebrou Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted April 7, 2019 That's a shame. I really liked the feature especially as the magnification window doesn't block the entire view, unlike the M bodies' version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron777 Posted April 7, 2019 Share #6 Posted April 7, 2019 A shame? What are you referring to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howiebrou Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted April 7, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) 23 minutes ago, ron777 said: A shame? What are you referring to? The lack of automatic magnification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaGuy2014 Posted April 7, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 7, 2019 The pressing of one button (to activate the magnification window) isn't a big deal for me since i use back-button focus with my AF lenses anyhow. It's just a different button 8-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron777 Posted April 7, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, LeicaGuy2014 said: The pressing of one button (to activate the magnification window) isn't a big deal for me since i use back-button focus with my AF lenses anyhow. It's just a different button 8-) Ditto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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