Glad to hear things have improved, Joel. Shortly after I bought my E-510, I
bought an adapter in order to use my collection of Pentax screwmount lenses.
The focus confirmation chip worked at times, but was never reliable. I
finally gave up on it. Sounds like you have a winner!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Thoughts on Film
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012, at 01:26 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I am greatly tempted to buy a set of B&W filters that fit the 35-80/2.8
>> zoom. I think I could live very comfortably with just that lens for the
>> vast majority of photographs.
>
> The 35-80 had been my main lens with film, but I hadn't used it for more
> than a couple shots on the 5D before this trip. I probably shot 90% of
> my shots with it. What I am seeing come up on the monitor is quite
> heartening. I realized after a certain amount of shooting that I was
> using a new Big IS adapter that I had not thoroughly tested. At one
> point I began to worry whether the focus confirm was reporting
> accurately. However it did a great job. Whew.
>
> So -- I have to agree with you, Ken.
>
> Kind of remarkable to have two guys together on the same trip in 2012
> shooting the bulk their shots with the Z 35-80/2.8.
>
> Joel W.
>
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