bensonga
Well-known member
I bought a S1 a few weeks ago with the best of intentions...ie to use it primarily with my extensive collection of Leica R lenses. Since the S1 camera and lenses were available at a good price (very lightly use rentals), I also bought a few S Pro AF lenses (50/1.4, 24-105/4 and 70-200/4).
Fast forward...I finally tried the manual focus on my S1R (I couldn’t resist another good deal) with the Pana 50/1.4 mounted. My first impression was very good, ok WOW, as in this camera is so easy to manually focus, even with my 66 year old eyes. The focus magnification view in the EVF is clear and sharp, I really don’t need to see the focus peaking to get images that are well focused. I sure hope that the focus assist magnification will work as well on the 24mp S1. Since both cameras have the same EVF, I am optimistic.
Time to finally mount some of my Leica R lenses on the S1 and see how these lenses perform with the benefit of excellent manual focus capabilities.
I think the Leica SL2 and Sony A7r IV use the same very high resolution EVF as the Panasonic S1/S1R, so presumably those cameras have similar advantages re excellent focus assist magnification.
Gary
Fast forward...I finally tried the manual focus on my S1R (I couldn’t resist another good deal) with the Pana 50/1.4 mounted. My first impression was very good, ok WOW, as in this camera is so easy to manually focus, even with my 66 year old eyes. The focus magnification view in the EVF is clear and sharp, I really don’t need to see the focus peaking to get images that are well focused. I sure hope that the focus assist magnification will work as well on the 24mp S1. Since both cameras have the same EVF, I am optimistic.
Time to finally mount some of my Leica R lenses on the S1 and see how these lenses perform with the benefit of excellent manual focus capabilities.
I think the Leica SL2 and Sony A7r IV use the same very high resolution EVF as the Panasonic S1/S1R, so presumably those cameras have similar advantages re excellent focus assist magnification.
Gary