FUJIFILM X-Pro1 Photographes's Guidebook

Manual FocusMF
In manual focus mode, focus is adjusted
manually by rotating the lens focus ring. To
select manual focus mode, rotate the focus
mode selector on the front of the camera to
M. Although autofocus (AF) is adequate in
most situations, manual focus can be used
for subjects that autofocus can’t handle
or in circumstances that call for deliberate
defocusing. The designers of the XF lenses
for the X-Pro1 have paid special attention to
the “feel” of the focus ring, and we hope that
you will take the opportunity to experience
how it has been delicately tuned to be neither
too loose or too tight.
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Shooting Data
Review
While digital cameras are ready to shoot as soon as they are turned on, film cameras in the days before extensive
automation required that a certain sequence of operations be performed before pictures could be taken. Users of early
SLR cameras had to open the camera, install film and then, after finding their subject, set aperture and shutter speed,
put an eye to the viewfinder and focus, advance the film, and finally release the shutter. This process, which seemed
perfectly natural at the time, was in effect a kind of ritual that had to be performed before pictures could be taken, a
connected series of actions with a photograph as its result. A key element of this process connecting it to the choice
of subject, the genesis of any photograph, was the act of looking through the viewfinder and focusing. In contrast to
traditional rangefinder cameras with two separate optical systems operating in parallel, the X-Pro1’s hybrid electronic
viewfinder lets you experience the style of focusing used in SLR cameras, and we hope you will take advantage of this
opportunity to experience manual focus photography as it was meant to be.