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Re: [OM] m.Zuiko 12-50.... arrrgghh!!!

Subject: Re: [OM] m.Zuiko 12-50.... arrrgghh!!!
From: Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:26:20 +0200
Le 17 avr. 2015 à 14:21, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> The 12-50 is normally a lesser used lens.  I think I had used it once in 
> manual zoom mode and forgotten about it.  I'm not sure why since I don't like 
> that power zoom.  I have it set to manual zoom now and will leave it there.  
> I've also turned "reset lens" to off.
> 
> As to the loss of the display on the screen (except review of the image just 
> shot) that's still a mystery.  I thought you had discovered the reason with: 
> "Not sure, but not unlikely, that a dangling strap, coat, stray hand, etc. 
> set off the EVF Auto Switch to the EVF."  
> However, trying this out doesn't completely fit the observations.  When this 
> was happening the screen was completely blank.  It's possible to get a 
> completely blank screen but it requires both that the EVF switch has turned 
> off the image display AND the info button setting has turned off all info 
> displays.  While less likely that both things were set that way it was still 
> possible.  In fact, I first thought likely. When I started the shooting 
> sequence I was using the histogram to set the exposure. Near the end of the 
> sequence I remember being bothered by the histogram blocking my view and 
> turned it off.  That last step actually turns off all info displays.  A 
> perfect setup for losing the image if I accidentally hit the EVF button.  I 
> think that was possibly more likely since I was shooting vertical with 
> buttons in unfamiliar locations.
> 
> However, the final step doesn't fit the scenario since this image/info 
> setting is retained after power off/on.  In the case I was describing, the 
> image returned after power off/on.  I don't recall whether any shooting info 
> was also displayed.  


> But I suppose I could also hit the EVF button while fumbling with the power 
> switch (I was using the E-M1)
> 
Been there and done that too. And that's why I regularly shave my eyebrows 
these days ....

Hope this helps
;-)

Amities
Philippe

> Thanks for your feedback.  I'll just have to do some shooting tests with the 
> camera and see if I can make the problem recur.  If not I'll chalk it all up 
> to user error even though I can't quite explain it.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 4/17/2015 12:28 AM, Moose wrote:
>> This strikes me as mostly operator misunderstanding/error.
>> 
>> If, as I always do, you use the 12-50 lens in manual zoom Mode, rather
>> than electronic zoom, powering off and on doesn't change the zoom
>> setting. Yes, I just tried it to confirm my experience. Even if you used
>> the power zoom to set up, if you had had pulled it back in to Manual
>> Zoom Mode before shooting, the zoom setting would not have changed. I
>> wish there were a way to just disable the Auto option.
>> 
>> Whether the lens maintains focus is a Menu option.
>> 
>> Custom Menu A: "Reset Lens - When set to [On], this resets the focus of
>> the lens (infinity) each time the power is turned off."
>> 
>> Had you had that turned off, you would still have been focused as set
>> before. The Mark II manual goes further, saying that Power Zoom lens FL
>> will also be reset. Whether this is further explication or an added
>> function of the Mark II, I don't know. But it's simpler, and surer, to
>> put it in Manual Zoom Mode.
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