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Subject: [OM] Re: Scott's totally subjective 'new E-1' report [windy]
From: alfredo pagliano <alfredo_pag@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:22:19 +0200
I agree completely

Simpy cannot understand al those AF points on modern DSLRs.

Someone uses them though...


On Aug 24, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:

> Scott,
>
> The autofocus setting was the first thing I changed on my E-1.  In 
> fact, I had made up my mind to do so before I even got my hands on the 
> camera.  Before I bought, I downloaded the manual from the Oly 
> website, and upon reading "Normally, the camera measures the distance 
> to the subject using the 3 AF frames in the viewfinder and selects the 
> most appropriate point," my immediate response was, "Bulls**t!  I'm in 
> charge here and I'll be the one deciding what's the most appropriate 
> point."
>
> So, before I took even the first shot, I set the autofocus to the 
> center frame only, and that's where it's going to stay.  And this is 
> even more fitting now that I've changed to the Katz Eye screen, which 
> doesn't have all those little rectangles, just a split prism with a 
> microprism collar, a lot like what I see in the viewfinder of an OM.
>
> And, of course, being in control at all times requires that 
> simultaneous AF and MF modes be set so the human in charge has the 
> authority to occasionally fine tune the auto focus, whether it needs 
> it or not, as a reminder to the little man in the camera about who's 
> really the boss of this outfit.  You don't want him getting too 
> uppity.  :-)
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [snip]
>> First, the autofocus is making me nuts. It's not at all clear to me 
>> how
>> one tells just what the hell it's focusing *on*. From the manual, it
>> appears that there are three "focus zones" outlined in the viewfinder,
>> any one of which is selected by the E-1 as the focusing point. 
>> There's a
>> little viewfinder doohickey that even shows you which of the three
>> targets was used (I've updated to firmware version 1.4; I believe that
>> the feature was added in firmware ver. 1.3). However, depending on the
>> scene being photographed, the zone encompassed by any one of the
>> focus-outlines can be a target-rich environment. Just how does one 
>> know
>> where the actual focus is, with any reliability? What are the pitfalls
>> of forcing the camera to use only one focusing zone (as it appears is
>> possible to accomplish through settings)? Having *never* extensively
>> used a camera having autofocus, I'm finding this quite frustrating.
>
> [snip]
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