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Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D & lenses
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:54:38 -0400
Thanks.  That more than answers my questions because I wasn't even 
thinking of such dark conditions.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/10/2012 4:02 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 8/10/2012 6:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> It's sounding better and better.  Do you find the light amplification of
>> the EVF to be sufficient that you can focus properly with an MF lens
>> already closed down to taking aperture... assuming modestly bright light
>> and modest apertures like f/5.6?  I assume it must be if you can shoot
>> with the M.Zuikos which may be wide open at f/6.3 at longer focal lengths.
>
> In a word - yes. But in the dim/dark, a tripod is usually needed, so using 
> the screen is generally easier than EVF. They
> both gain up the same, and do the same magnifications for focusing.
>
> With E-PL1, not E-M5, but the E-M5 screen is brighter, clearer and has less 
> noise in the dark, the last two shots here
> were focused with 200/5 at f8 shooting aperture.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/E-PL1_First_Images>
>
> It was really quite dim, as you can see from the middle, overall view and 25 
> & 15 sec. exposure times. I would not want
> to be focusing that lens in that light hand held, though.
>
> Through Glass Darkly Moose
>
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