On 3/14/2014 1:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I've forgotten now. I know you have a new camera. Did you give up your
> E-M5 for the GX7?
Nosiree. On my only recent photo expedition of any length, three hours
wandering a large botanic garden, I carried both
around my neck, one with 12-50 and one with 75-300.
> I did download the user's manual and re-read the DPReview article. I
> think that ergonomically it would be an improvement for me, partially
> for where the viewfinder is but especially for the placement of the
> AEL/AFL button on the back which is in pretty much the same place as the
> AEL button on the Canon 5D which is what I use to focus. But in reading
> the GX7 manual I could not figure out how the AEL button becomes the AFL
> button and vice-versa.
Within the third top level menu heading, the third and fourth selections.
3. AF/AE Lock:
AE lock alone, AF lock alone, or both.
4. AF/AE Lock Hold:
Either stay locked when button released or only lock when it is held down.
> The descriptions seem to have lost something in
> translation and the actual steps involved in moving through the menu
> system and customizing this button are not shown. So far, I'm only
> assuming this button can be used to directly control autofocus but I
> can't prove it from what I read in the manual.
Yes, as above.
> ..
>
> To illustrate how the E-M5 has not totally displaced the 5D ... I decided
> that I wanted to place the camera at particular distances from the people and
> their home such that the people
> were in sharp focus and a significant bit of the home would be visible
> but a bit soft focused. As it turns out, a 50mm lens on the 5D at
> f/2-2.8 with the people at 15 feet and the house at 25 feet is a good
> solution. But substitute the mZuiko 12-50 at 25mm and f/5.1 and there's
> no solution... far focus extends 15 feet past the house. Even using the
> Zuiko 24/2.8 wide open doesn't work either. Less DoF but the house is
> still in sharp focus for an 8x10 print.
That's one reason folks buy a fast prime. I have the 20/1.7.
> But I'm not about to give up on 4/3. I love the size and weight and,
> for most of what I do, it's the right size camera. Better ergonomics
> for me would remove one of the barriers to leaving the 5D behind. The
> DoF problem would still exist but that one could have also been solved
> with a little PhotoShop blurring work.
Indeed it may.
M.F.T. Moose
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