Comments on: NEX-6 review at Engadget and SonyAlphaLab.

By: gojiguy

gojiguy — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:36:54 +0000

but… turning off MF Assist means that I cant use the MF assist button to use precise manual focusing when I need it… I’d have to dive into some menus, flick it back on, and then use the MF assist button…

By: tharwan

tharwan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:32:57 +0000

Sry. I looked it up countless times but I it keep on spelling it wrong.

By: Rooru S.

Rooru S. — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:44:06 +0000

Just like on NEX-3/5/C3/F3/7

Menu>Camera>Autofocus Are>Flexible Spot. You can make a shortcut for that function.

By: Hellven

Hellven — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:48:50 +0000

are you talking about the leica optical viewfinder on top?

By: rod90

rod90 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:13:26 +0000

@gojiguy : turn of MF assist and only turn on focus peaking. That will solve your problem. I too have an Nex7.

What’s really broken is DMF unlike the RX100 when using DMF on NEX you must half press the shutter in order to focus manually when grabbing the ring. The RX100 allows you to manual focus without half-pressing the shutter. simply grab the focus ring anytime while its in DMF. Why this hasn’t been patched yet is a mystery when really its just a few lines of code to activate manual focus when the focus ring is moved. this introduces 2 extra functions of half-pressing the shutter. 1st step is if the half-press lasts less than 0.5 seconds the regular autofocus won’t kick in. But if the half-press is lasts longer than 0.5 seconds then the camera will autofocus on its own.