Thanks. That's what I was afraid of and mirrors Jim's test on the
E-510. It would seem that the only hope of different operation is the
420, 520, 620 or E-30. But probably not. The firmware is probably the
same even though it doesn't need to do that.
Chuck Norcutt
Ian Nichols wrote:
> On 30 June 2010 19:21, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm afraid not. There is no discussion at all of manual exposure and
>> the discussion of manual focus is muddily mixed with autofocus. I did
>> learn, however, that of the E-3, the E-410, E-420 & E-510 the E-420 is
>> the only one that can do contrast detection autofocus. (ala P&S cameras)
>
> I can confirm from empirical observation that the E-330 in B-mode and
> the E-3 will both drop the mirror before lifting it again to make the
> exposure, even with manual exposure and focus. The E-330 in A mode
> doesn't show any unusual activity since it doesn't raise the mirror
> for live view in that mode.
>
>
>
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