Jock Elliott
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A classic technique from non-autofocus photojournalism was to set the camera up with a certain film speed, a certain aperture, a certain shutter speed, and manual focus set at a distance so that basically everything from close distance X to far distance Y would be in focus. Even today, you can find online hyperfocal distance calculators. Set up thus, you don't have to wait to focus your camera, you just point, compose, and shoot. When properly set up, it's fast and effective. It seems to me that, even with today's' marvelous autofocus cameras, no focus delay beats the fastest autofocus system, so for certain situations, hyperfocal distance would be the way to go.
My little Canon G12 can store a bunch of stuff in one of its custom (C) settings, including focal length, whether the camera is in manual focus mode, and the distance at which the manual focus is set. So it can "do" hyperfocal distance.
But I have long admired the Fuji X100 series.
So a question: can any of the Fuji X100 series be similarly set up so that the camera powers-up with everything preset, including focusing distance? If I recall correctly, some cameras can be set to power-up in manual focus mode, but they will not remember the focusing distance.
Cheers, Jock
My little Canon G12 can store a bunch of stuff in one of its custom (C) settings, including focal length, whether the camera is in manual focus mode, and the distance at which the manual focus is set. So it can "do" hyperfocal distance.
But I have long admired the Fuji X100 series.
So a question: can any of the Fuji X100 series be similarly set up so that the camera powers-up with everything preset, including focusing distance? If I recall correctly, some cameras can be set to power-up in manual focus mode, but they will not remember the focusing distance.
Cheers, Jock