Just did some portrait today with the standard screen, it was brighter but
with the OM 180/2.8, the hit rate dropped to 50%. In the pass years I used
the "S" screen, the hit rate was around 75%, darker but faster to focus and
more accurate.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I have an "S" screen for my 5D and haven't noticed that it makes
> focusing any easier at all. Maybe just bad eyes. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 3/10/2011 2:53 AM, SwissPace wrote:
>> Just to add my two penneth worth, I tried several of the cheaper ones
>> before getting a japanese made elefoto, which (I assume the cameraquest
>> one is too) is head and shoulders above the others, I think most people
>> don't have problems with the cheaper adapters because they use light OM
>> lenses, not all my OM'0s are light and small. Yes they should click and
>> lock.
>>
>> I think the focus issues are due to the adapters themselves, all of my
>> cheapo adapters have significant play in them, which I am sure affected
>> focus in a random nature because I have much less of a problem with the
>> elefoto adapter. You can tighten the spring clips but on the cheapo ones
>> they loosen again quite quickly.
>>
>> Finally if you are getting a 5D2 forget the AF confirmation and buy the
>> EG-S screen which makes focussing much easier, however the olympus
>> adapters are 10 times better than the OM-EOS ones and unless you want a
>> full frame camera I would buy into the m.4/3 camera system, the 90/2
>> works brilliantly on the 4/3rds cameras and sooner or later you will get
>> tired of the manual focussing and want AF.
>>
>> IanW
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