z1 and infinity button.When to use it?
 

When u suggest to use the infinity button?
Thx and sorry 4 da quest

When you don't want to focus on anything nearer than 30ft (10m)

I've used it to ensure my shots of the ground don't have the camera focusing on the plane's (scratched) window. I've also used it to give a 'snap' pull focus. I'm filming a daisy in telephoto close-up and -zip- I'm then focused on the picnic makers in the distance and the daisy blurs.

That's a great idea

Personally I don't trust any of the autofocus functions on the Z1 and always go with manual. Also (IIRC) the infinity setting does not work properly with a telephoto adaptor lens which I often use for performances.

What the heck is the "infinity button"? You mean when you manually focus to show the infinity icon on the LCD?

The bottom position on the FOCUS slider switch. Top is AUTO, middle is MAN, bottom (spring-loaded; snaps back) is INFINITY.

I'll be damned. I've had this camera over three years and never noticed that. You learn something new everyday.

Thanks, Adam!

That's a feature which dates all the way back to the VX-2000 on Sony cameras... probably even the VX-1000!

Doesn't say much for my powers of observation... And I've actually read the manual several times.

Let's just say it's a feature I've never needed. Yeah, that's it!