Canon VIXIA HF R50 manual focus

I just bought a Canon VIXIA HF R50 and have 1 more week to evaluate if I want to return it for refund. The salesperson said it has manual focus and manual exposure. I've been reading the manual, but my camera doesn't show the (+-) icon or the M when I touch the movie camera icon. Am I missing something?

Hello Magnolia,
The VIXIA HF R50 is definitely capable of manual focusing. It only works in advanced shooting modes though, such as [SCN] [P] (AVCHD / MP4).
So, put the camcorder in one of those two modes and then open the manual focus screen. Touch [MF] and then touch and hold [landscape and portrait] to adjust. You then touch [X] to lock the focus at the selected distance.
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I just want to be sure that this camera and the way it records (MP4 & AVCHD) are definitely supported in Premiere and After effects. I believe it should be.
Amazon.com : Canon VIXIA HF R50 : Camera & Photo
Thanks!

Hello Magnolia,
The VIXIA HF R50 is definitely capable of manual focusing. It only works in advanced shooting modes though, such as [SCN] [P] (AVCHD / MP4).
So, put the camcorder in one of those two modes and then open the manual focus screen. Touch [MF] and then touch and hold [landscape and portrait] to adjust. You then touch [X] to lock the focus at the selected distance.
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Canon 200 f/2 manual focus

Hi all,
This question is related to the Canon 200mm f/2.0 lens.
Does focusing work by moving the black rubber focusing ring
if the lens is in manual focus mode AND IF there is no
canon body attached to the end of the lens (i.e. it is not
under current/power)?
Say I want to project a source in an optical lab with this lens onto a detector,
and want to use it in fully manual focus mode.
This did not work with the Canon 200 f/1.8 AF lenses.
Regards,
Bogar

Hello ebiggs,
Thanks for your response.
You say "on external focusing Canon lens" the focus works when set to MF.
The Canon 200 f/2 counts as an "external focusing lens"?
I am asking this, because the manual focusing definitely does not work
on the older Canon 200 f/1.8L USM lens, even when turned to MF mode, but
without a Canon camera attached. So I guess with your definition the 200/1.8 is
not an external focusing lens. When a Canon body is attached to the 200/1.8,
then the MF works fine, but one needs to power up the lens and its CPU so that
it converts the motion of the rubber ring into electronics, and ultimately motion
of internal lens elements.
I understand that this is not a standard use of the lens, so hoping that
Canon afficionados will know this. Clearly, the lens does not change
its outer dimensions while focusing. But one can see the focus changes
when projecting e.g. a landscape on a piece of white paper.
Best regards,
Bogar

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The Canon 6D arrived today in Switzerland. The focus confirmation shows on the focus point and works well with Zeiss glass. We get the same focus finetuning like we had in the 5D2, what is important to align our Zeiss lenses. Besides, this is a nicely thought out camera. Smaller than one would expect from the factsheet numbers. The silent shutter mode is great. And there was a Hasselblad / Canon 6D comparison (beautyshooting), where I could not see a difference between the two on one of these big EIZO screens. The 6D is a reasonable camera, no show off factor. Better consider the 6D instead of the 5D3 if you are not a pro.

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I recently noticed that my Canon 18-135mm IS lens has a minor issue that I'm not sure if it's a fault or not......
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No offence taken....people do stupid things (including me). But yes, I switched to manual focus first, although I have occasionally forgotten to do so and moved the focus ring a minor amount before realising.
Having looked at it again, the amount of movement is quite small.....I have come to the conclusion from reading other posts online that it's mostly just the movement/play of the zoom lens within the barrel, which sounds quite common on this lens.
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First decide which editing program you intend to use; iMovie, FCE, FCP, Adobe Premier, etc. Read the user's manual or Help files for your chosen application to determine the steps needed: the procedure will vary somewhat from application to application.
Next, with the camera and the computer off, connect the Firewire cable to both units, then power up. Set the camera to VTR (play) mode. Open your editing program and follow the instructions provided in the Help files for capturing DV footage from tape.
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I have an annoying issue that I have not been able to figure out. I use a Canon Vixia M41 camera to record family videos in AVCHD. I usually import them directly off the card into Final Cut Pro X by first making an archive to store on another hard drive, and then import the actual clips into the library.
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Hello DaisyKary,
When shooting with the VIXIA HF R20 you would be able to turn off most of the displays by pressing the [DISP. Batt. Info] button through a cycle. It will change what is displayed on the camcorder's LCD panel.
If this is an urgent technical support matter I would urge you to contact Canon technical support directly for further assistance.
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