tombrown1

Ahhhh...just got my Rokinon 12mm in the mail and used this feature.  Works flawlessly!  Much happier (though a bit heavier than I'd like to be).  
 
Thanks for the help all!

There isn't any AF switch on this lens.  How do you stay in standby mode?
 
Since the op, I had a chat with Samsung.  They said this:
 
"Okay. As per the information I see that the camera while recording the videos will switch to autofocus to manual and vice-versa depends upon the brightness and lighting around the camera to make sure that it records with quality."
Then later:
 
"The focus mode switches between manual and auto depends upon the lightning on the captured objects. This is the integrated feature to make sure with the quality of the video recording are upto the mark. In the manual focus mode it’s nearly impossible for the camera to focus on a moving subject if any other objects are in the frame. hence it switches between the modes."
 
Then they made it clear this is a fw issue and cannot be changed through any settings.
 
Why on earth would anybody make a camera that is forceably taken from MF regardless of the shooter's intentions?  Maybe I'll need to buy a MF lens....

Hi all.  First post over here.  Having a really aggravating problem with my Samsung NX1 and 16mm Samsung NX 2.4 lens.
Everything is on manual focus.  But whenever I press video record, it reverts to continuous auto focus no matter what I do.  While it is recording I can switch back to manual focus, but at that point I've already lost my manual focus point.
 
Just want to record manual - arghhhhh!!!  
 
Anybody have any advice?  I've been through the entire manual and have the latest fw - 1.32.
 
 
Thanks,
 
Tom

There isn't any AF switch on this lens.  How do you stay in standby mode?
 
Since the op, I had a chat with Samsung.  They said this:
 
"Okay. As per the information I see that the camera while recording the videos will switch to autofocus to manual and vice-versa depends upon the brightness and lighting around the camera to make sure that it records with quality."
Then later:
 
"The focus mode switches between manual and auto depends upon the lightning on the captured objects. This is the integrated feature to make sure with the quality of the video recording are upto the mark. In the manual focus mode it’s nearly impossible for the camera to focus on a moving subject if any other objects are in the frame. hence it switches between the modes."
 
Then they made it clear this is a fw issue and cannot be changed through any settings.
 
Why on earth would anybody make a camera that is forceably taken from MF regardless of the shooter's intentions?  Maybe I'll need to buy a MF lens....