06-22-2017, 05:15 AM
Quote:...From a pure lab perspective, the focus-by-wire system is the worst of them all but that's really limited to the lab.
I'm not in a lab and I'm annoyed by the FbW nearly all the time manual focus becomes important.
Aiming at a bird, stupid guy hides behind twigs. Bird dies before I can focus the 100-400 Fuji. Certain Fuji lenses don't indicate minimal focus distance on a scale, none has an end stop - like all mechanical lenses do have. Others do need the clutch. If the clutch is in manual focus position, AF-C will no longer work.
In case this is an upcoming question: Yes, I do like the output of the Fujis, too, I also do like it's compactness and sturdiness. But the sky is not exclusively pink above them... And I'd say, with nearly the same efforts they could have get rid of some weirdness in their menus, but I suspect, Fuji fanboys love weirdness in menus. In that case the designers are perfect.