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[OM] Re: Scott's totally subjective 'new E-1' report [windy]

Subject: [OM] Re: Scott's totally subjective 'new E-1' report [windy]
From: "IanG" <Ian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:41:17 +0100
It's a whole new world of photography - try focusing on this with a hand
held OM4 :-)

www.iang.co.uk/fly.jpg





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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of alfredo pagliano
Sent: 24 August 2005 19:36
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Scott's totally subjective 'new E-1' report [windy]


Ah, ho!

sounds interesting, how could I live without it?

;-)

Alfredo

On Aug 24, 2005, at 8:21 PM, IanG wrote:

>
> Fast moving subjects... Lock focus with your selected point (1% of 
> frame
> area) and the camera tracks within the whole 45 point array.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of alfredo pagliano
> Sent: 24 August 2005 18:22
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Scott's totally subjective 'new E-1' report [windy]
>
>
> 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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