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few of its peers are as bulky as
old-school SLRs: some
compromises have to be made.
Please read the manual
All positive so far, but it has to be
said, the fp takes some getting
used to. It is a sometimes
frustrating mix of ease-of-use
(changing from still to video
involves moving an idiot-proof
slider) and somewhat puzzling
menus, so you definitely need to
read the manual before going out
with this camera. The biggest
headache at the beginning was
figuring out how to select AF areas
and points, which really should be
a lot more obvious. The autofocus
uses contrast detection, with three
different size AF areas that can be
placed freely across approximately
80% of the frame width and 75%
of its height. As Andy Westlake
mentioned in his original review,
(AP 14 March) it’s easiest to
switch to a 49-point setup,
arranged in a 7x7 grid. You can
also activate face- and eye-
detection, so the camera tracks
the subject as they move around
the frame, and this works really
well. It’s possible to set AF
points using the touchscreen,Although auto white balance is a little on the cool side, colour
rendition is accurate and DNG raw files are universally editable