Pentax could learn a whole lot from Fuji about how to implement an EVF. What they have done is pretty compelling. I would really like to see Pentax work on a quality mirrorless system if this is the kind of cool stuff we can look forward too. If I had a lot of cash I would be kind of interested in the XT-1 and A7.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice shots, though I hope the arrow missed the bird's nest.... The portrait > of Glen is excellent. > > So - the old school split screen focus assist is a split screen simulation > in the EVF? That's cool... > > Mark > > > > On 8/31/2014 6:43 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >> Oh, the manual-focus aids on the X-T1 are pure voodoo magic. You can >> have the basic does-it-look-sharp, or you can have focus-peaking >> sparklies, or you can have split-screen like Dad’s rangefinder. Or >> you can have dual mode, with a large-ish version of the image using >> focus-peaking with a little miniature split-screen image off to the >> side, an enlargement of the focus point. >> >> I normally use the sparklies, because they give you DoF too. Here’s >> how great it is: When I’m sitting at my cabin looking out over the >> ocean with the Tokina 400mm strapped on, as I turn the focus ring I >> can see the in-focus sparkly region sweep in or out across the >> wave-tops. Of course this only works because of the huge brilliant >> EVF. Which, by the way, flips the whole UI sideways when you go into >> portrait mode. >> >> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Cool stuff, Tim. >>> >>> When you say "manual focus assist" what are you referring to? >>> Something beyond the AF blink/beep we have on the Pentax DSLRs? >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> In which I screw three different lenses, 2 from Pentax (the >>>> focal-length difference between the 2 is 350mm), onto the Fujifilm >>>> X-T1: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/08/03/Lensing >>>> >>>> -- >>>> - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see >>>> https://keybase.io/timbray) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>> look like photographs. >>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
