love my 100 but still hanker for really shallow DoF. Went from Fuji to the Panny and the Fuji jpegs hammer the panny's into next week. All being said, with a little careful PP work you can get some great results.
Now that i'm just a hobbyist, I do all my PP work on my tablet. PS Touch and Snapseed followed by the VSCO app. Love the workflow this way. Self portrait from today
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Basically what I've found is this is a camera that takes first class images that I'll take with me, enjoy using, and that's got to be a good thing. My film cameras are now sulking.
Nearly but not quite answered I've had a look at the manual and I appreciate that in manual focus mode the lens ring acts as a focus ring and I've read that the action of the ring varies with the exposure mode selected but what I'd like to know is if focus can be assigned to the ring in AF mode in aperture, shutter and manual exposure modes.
As I said, I've looked at the manual and unless I'm missing something obvious it's far from clear.
What I'd like to be able to do is have the camera in AF mode and take manual control of focusing as and when I wish without switching to manual focus as I can with a USM/HSM/fly by wire AF lens in the three main exposure modes, aperture shutter and manual exposure mode.
With my MFT cameras obviously I can focus manually in AF and without switching to MF by simply turning the focus ring. With these cameras I also have the option of setting the camera to automatically display a magnified view or not when I turn the focus ring.
So the way I'd like to use a LX100 would be in Aperture, shutter or manual exposure mode, with AF selected but with the option of focusing manually by simply turning the lens ring and without having to switch to manual focus.
Is this possible?
I suppose that if it is possible to assign focus to the lens ring in AF mode and in all exposure modes it would create a difficulty selecting faster than 1/4000 shutter speeds... from what I can gather from reading the manual.
Any help will from users will be appreciated as I don't seem to be able to find the answers I'm looking from in the manual and the cameras don't seem to be in the local shops.
Oh dear. That's me almost certainly out then. A shame, so near and yet...
It looks to be a lovely camera though but just not suited to what I want to do. Oh well, money saved.
Thanks - was a great holiday but not much time for real photography - have a few from the LX100 that I will share when I get time to process them.Very nice - have / hope you had a great holiday
Do you have a link to that Crumpler case ?
Not sure if that helfull but well, is that make you want to spend your money again?
When you're shooting when do you need to override auto focus with manual focus? I never understood why it's seems to be such a big deal on dslr lenses... Usually (on my dslr) if my focus don't work i just switch to manual and carry on in manual...
Thanks - was a great holiday but not much time for real photography - have a few from the LX100 that I will share when I get time to process them.
Here's a link to the bag. Carried all the above (aside from the tripod) quite nicely and did the job well.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I tend to do a lot of switching between AF and MF to get critical focus where I want it so the little handling issues matter to me. Although it's a while since I was interested in this camera and I can't quite remember exactly what put me off I'm pretty sure it was to do with the focusing and the different use of various control in the different modes all adding up.
I'm sure it's a good camera but at the time I was thinking about getting one I decided that due to what I saw as handling issues it wasn't for me. I'm pretty settled with my gear now but if a future LX100 mk2 comes along I might jusg take a look
There's a few cameras I have had that feeling on, GX7 included.Never even noticed this thread myself? A couple from my 2 week old LX100
Likes: Nearly everything
Dislikes: Keep unwittingly moving the exp comp dial - you can hear the power zoom in video
Overall, it's a real keeper, but I might superglue that bliddy exp comp dial
Sorry another question but spend some time customising the camera yesterday and today all my customisation (function button, q menu, raw file instead of jpeg...) have reverted to manufactory setup. Did i do something wrong?
(the battery is full and haven't take it our or anything but anyway that shouldn't make a difference?)
(the camera did went on sleep mode after 5 minutes unused but that again should be an issue)
Mine has a strange habit of reverting to JPEG only..... Save your settings in the C1, C2 and C3 custom setting banks then assign one of the Fn buttons to select the custom banks.......
Used to have an EM5 and sold it, keeping the LX100.Have any lx100 users used an EM1 or EM5 that you could tell how the lx100 image quality compares please.
NOOO this could cost me money I do keep buying more camerasUsed to have an EM5 and sold it, keeping the LX100.
I've not compared results directly (that way insanity lies), but I don't notice any major differences.
The difference in handling from the form factor, zoom mechanism etc, will be much much larger impact on your overall experience than any discernible difference in IQ.
Have any lx100 users used an EM1 or EM5 that you could tell how the lx100 image quality compares please.
Never even noticed this thread myself? A couple from my 2 week old LX100
Likes: Nearly everything
Dislikes: Keep unwittingly moving the exp comp dial - you can hear the power zoom in video
Overall, it's a real keeper, but I might superglue that bliddy exp comp dial at 0
Nell - Aug 2015 by Derek Hogan, on Flickr
P1000205 (Custom) by Derek Hogan, on Flickr
Lovely portrait shots Derek...were they jpeg straight from camera or RAW & processed?
I've got both (EM-5 & LX100)..... would have no problem using the LX for anything I'd use the M5 for....... unless you're printing large you won't see any difference. If you're not printing large and can see a difference, you need to stop pixel peeping and get a life.....