>LOW-LIGHT FOCUS: I just turned out the lights and focussed on the far wall.
>Instantaneous. I recall the IS-1 would hunt in similar situation. In fact,
>overall the focussing is MUCH better than the IS-1 was.
I'm glad. The IS-1 is has almost unusable autofocus (especially mine did).
>LENS: Well, it's got more range (out to 180) and is sharp and contrasty.
>Probably on a par with the 1, only longer. BTW, I shoot mostly slides and
check
>'em under a loupe if they look like keepers. The IS-3 lens is real good
under
>these conditions. But it's no match for my 50 F/1.2 or 250 F/2, surprise! I
>print Cibas from my slides, but I have been getting away from printing
from 35
>mm since I started using 4x5 about 5 yrs ago. So I've no experience in how
they
>blow up. Wait, actually, I have printed from one IS-3 slide recently to 8x10
>and it looked very good, but looked like 11x14 would be dicey.
I have some 11x17 prints from the IS-1 that proved that the lens was
excellent. I agree with you that the lens isn't quite as good as the zuiko
primes. I *think* it has to do primarily with contrast though. The lens
was sharper wide open than some of my primes are at the same f-stop.
>GENERAL: It works great for what I use it for, which is walking about with a
>very capable camera that can do 900f the stuff I could do if I brought my
>whole bag 'o stuff and a tripod (of course, at about 90% the quality level,
>cause I use almost exclusively fixed length lenses). And it ain't no Nikon!
It might not be a Nikon, but it is as close to an N90 that we are going to
get with Olympus. With a 180mm top end, I'd say this camera is almost
perfect for my 90% work too. We'll see. If I can get one in time, I plan
on using it for a wedding I'm shooting in two weeks. Don't worry, I'll put
it through its paces first, and it won't be the only camera I use for the
vital stuff.
Now on a search for the perfect IS-3DLX...
Ken Norton
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